Paul
Butler
[uncertain]
Johnson
Born in Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Dorothy Louise (Johnson) Hendrickson, Carl Axel Johnson, Lois (Johnson) Whittingham and Lorraine Johnson
Died
at age 19
in Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Japan
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2017
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Biography
Fireman 1/C Paul Johnson served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 7 May 1944
Unit(s): USS Laffey
Service ended: 16 Apr 1945
Service started: 7 May 1944
Unit(s): USS Laffey
Service ended: 16 Apr 1945
Fireman 1/C Paul Johnson was was killed in action aboard USS Laffey during World War II.
Paul Johnson has Swedish ancestors
Paul B Johnson was born on September 4, 1925 in Burlington, New Jersey. He is a son of a Swedish American born father, Axel E Johnson, and Alice R Archer.
In 1930, he lived with his parents and siblings in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.[1] By 1940, they moved to Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey.[2]
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| Paul B Johnson, abt. 1944 |
Paul first joined the United States Navy during World War II before he turned 18. His draft card has his birth date as June 26, 1925. Fireman 1st Class Paul Johnson died during a kamikaze attack on his ship, the destroyer USS Laffey, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on April 16, 1945. They were assigned to radar picket station 1 about 30 miles north of Okinawa. The USS Laffey was successful in repulsing an air attack which downed 13 enemy aircraft.[3][4][5]
He was originally buried in the 6th Marine Division Cemetery in Okinawa. On May 11, 1950, Paul was finally interred at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, Burlington, New Jersey in Section N, site 245. [6][7]
Research Notes
- Was said that he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4XF-PGV : accessed 16 October 2019), Paul Johnson in household of Axel E Johnson, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 11B, line 62, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1364; FHL microfilm 2,341,099.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45W-HHW : 29 July 2019), Paul Johnson in household of Axel Johnson, Ward 1, Bordentown, Bordentown City, Burlington, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-9, sheet 8B, line 70, family 191, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2317.
- ↑ News clipping from The Allentown Messenger, Allentown, New Jersey, 10 May 1945, p. 3, col. 5.
- ↑ National Archives WWII Casualties: New Jersey, p. 15
- ↑ USS Laffey honored dead
- ↑ Nationwide Gravesite Locator, search results for Johnson, Paul B, death in 1945. link to search
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 26 May 2019), memorial page for Paul B Johnson (4 Sep 1925–16 Apr 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #102649223, citing Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Sister Sonya (contributor 47696213) Gravesite picture
- First hand information given to Missy Berryann by his sisters.
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