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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant First Class

    Division:

    24th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    April 25, 1951

    Headquarters, EIGHTH U.S. Army Korea, General Orders No. 481 (June 30, 1951)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant First Class J. N. L. Johnson (ASN: RA-14013766), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as a member of the 24th Quartermaster company, 24th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Sopa, Korea. On 25 April 1951, he was a member of a convoy which came under intense small arms and mortar fire from an enemy road block. Manning a .50 caliber machine gun which was mounted on one of his trucks, Sergeant Johnson remained in an exposed position and delivered heavy fire on the enemy positions, thereby enabling the infantry troops who were in the convoy to take cover and permitting the tanks of the convoy to be brought into position. After his ammunition was expended, Sergeant Johnson dismounted, drove one of the trucks to a tank position and while exposed to enemy fire delivered a supply of .30 caliber machine gun ammunition to the tank crew. Then, while leading his trucks to a position of cover, he observed that a vehicle had been hit by mortar fire and that the driver was wounded. Stopping his truck, he directed the removal of the wounded man from the vehicle, loaded him on one of the trucks and led the truck convoy out of range of enemy fire. The gallantry displayed by Sergeant Johnson throughout this action reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.