Name:
Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson
Age:
29
From:
Calumet, Mich.
Assigned to
1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident:
Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson was killed Oct. 20 while on mounted patrol when the vehicle in which he was riding hit an improvised explosive device and then came under small-arms fire by enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq.
Died:
October
20, 2003
Fort Bragg soldier remembered as ‘epitome’ of a paratrooper
Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, killed Monday when Iraqi fighters ambushed his patrol in Iraq, was remembered as a top-notch soldier by his colleagues at Fort Bragg.
“From what I hear, he is the epitome of what an 82nd paratrooper should be,” Master Sgt. Pam Smith said Tuesday.
Johnson, of Calumet, Mich., was killed while heading into Fallujah to patrol about 12:30 p.m. A roadside bomb exploded near the Humvee he was riding in, Pentagon officials said. He was 29.
The ambush was in the same area where an ammunition truck broke down Sunday and was attacked.
Six other paratroopers were wounded in Monday’s ambush. The...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson was killed Oct. 20 while on mounted patrol when the vehicle in which he was riding hit an improvised explosive device and then came under small-arms fire by enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq.