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Philip A. Johnson Jr.

Philip A. Johnson Jr.

Died: January 8, 2004

Rank: Chief Warrant Officer Two

Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)

Branch: U.S. Army

Chief Warrant Officer Two Philip A. Johnson Jr. was killed on January 8, 2004, when an enemy missile near Fallujah, Iraq, shot down “Witch Doctor 11,” a UH-60A MEDE­VAC helicopter that he was piloting. He was assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), home-stationed with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Car­son, Colorado. Also killed were three other crew members from the 571st and five Sol­diers being transported to a medical facility in Baghdad. Johnson is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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