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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I12 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Father |
John Franklin JOHNSON, b. 16 Mar 1924, Avalon, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Jan 2011, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Audrey Dorathea FOGARTY, b. 20 Jul 1923, Brentwood, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania , d. 2 May 2015, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
14 Jun 1947 |
Concordia Lutheran Church, Brentwood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F2 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- John attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson Borough, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1968. There, he played football under coach Bap Manzini.
John received an appointment from Congressman James G. Fulton (R.-Pa.) to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. He graduated in 1972 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army on June 7, 1972. His first assignment was to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he was a platoon leader, operations officer, electonic warfare officer and team leader in the 82nd Airborne Division. His primary military occupational specialty was military intelligence. From 1977 to 1979, he attended the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio and received a Masters of Science Degree in Systems Engineering He spent the next three years at Ft. Devens, Massachussetts before moving to Turkey for 10 months in 1983 and then to Heidelberg, Germany, where he spent two and one-half years to 1987. He then lived in Washington, DC for three and one-half years, from June 1987 to August of 1990. In his last year there, he served as a Congressional Fellow in the office of a Congressman. He then moved to Ft. Devens, Massachussetts where he became a Battalion Commander until July 1993. After a one-year assignment to the National Security Administration in Maryland, John was assigned to the Pentagon where he was the Deputy Director of Unified Command Support. John retired from the military as a Colonel.
During his military career, he received the following medals and awards: Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, the Legion of Merit, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expetionary Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Superior Unit Award and an Expert Infantryman Badge
Of note, the Legion of Merit is awarded to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The performance must have been such as to merit recognition for service rendered in a clearly exceptional manner. Performance of duties normal to the grade, branch, specialty, or assignment, and experience of an individual is not an adequate basis for this award.
After his retirement from the military, John worked for Boeing and then (in 2008) for a defense mapping company in Washington, D.C.
After his retirement from working, John and Patti embarked on a sailing adventure. They had learned to sail, bought a 60 foot sailboat (they named it Anhinga) and for several years they sailed out of Florida all over the east coast of the United States and all over the Caribbean.
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