Johnson, Alfred Townsend

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Alfred Townsend Johnson.

Unit/Placed in, Carrier Division 4 (USS Franklin), United States Naval Reserve.

Alfred is born on 19 April 1915 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Father, Alfred Le Roy Johnson.

Mother, Alice Lenora (Taylor) Johnson.

Sister(s), Jane Johnson.

Alfred enlisted the service in New York with service number # 0-122775.

Alfred was KIA when suddenly a Japanese Plane attacked with 2 armor bombs, hitting the Flight Deck and Aft with devastating damage on 19 March 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Alfred is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, https://ussfranklin.org/killed-in-action/commander-carrier-division-two-four-admiral-davison-admiral-bogin-staff-kia/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L255-W5P

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano