JOHNSON-ANDREW
ANDREW GORDON JOHNSON
1944
Deceased
04/26/1945
Rate/Rank
S1
S1
Service Branch
USNR 6/1943 - 4/1945
Speciality
QUARTERMASTER
Born
07/26/1918
NEW YORK
USS COD SS-224
NAVY & MARINE CORPS MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
COMBAT ACTION RIBBON
ON 26 APRIL COD WAS THREATENED BY A FIRE IN THE AFT TORPEDO ROOM, S1C A.G. JOHNSON WERE WASHED OVERBOARD WHILE FREEING THE TORPEDO ROOM HATCH. JOHNSON WAS DROWNED DURING THE NIGHT, THE COD'S ONLY FATAL CASUALTY DURING THE WAR.
Navy and Marine Corps Medal Year Awarded 1945 Details behind Award: Navy and Marine Corps Medal Awarded for actions during World War II (Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class Andrew G. Johnson (NSN: 8121702), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct in assisting in the rescue of a shipmate when the U.S.S. COD's after torpedo room caught fire on 26 April 1945.