CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

CPT Christopher Johnson

CPT Christopher Johnson

October 08, 1975 - October 16, 2004

Company H4/A1

CPT Johnson of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, died in Baghdad, Iraq, when his OH-58D helicopter collided with another OH-58D helicopter and crashed. Chris was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.

Chris graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1994 and, with the assistance of high school counselor Joe Brown, enrolled in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point later that same year, graduating in 1998.

From West Point, Christopher earned his wings in flight school at Fort Rucker, Ala., and later served with the 7th Cavalry in Korea. From there he moved on to a tour in Kuwait, followed by an assignment with the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii, where he was deployed to Iraq as a company