The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John E. Johnson
Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
B CO 21 INF 24 DIV
Date of Death
January 9, 1951
Sergeant First Class Johnson was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on July 12, 1950, forced to march to North Korea on the "Tiger Death March", and died while a prisoner at Hanjang-ni, North Korea on January 9, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.