- SURNAME
Johnson
- FORENAME
Peter Wyeth
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company B,Det B-52) (Project Delta)
- RANK
First Lieutenant
- NUMBER
0-5331906
- DATE OF DEATH
13th February 1968
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Hillside Cemetery,Wilton,Fairfield County,Connecticut
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wilton,Connecticut
born 31.7.1944 Cooperstown,New York
son of Peter William Rochette and Florence Nightingale (nee Wyeth) Johnson,Old Huckleberry Road,Wilton,Connecticut
fiance of Linda Beilby,Garden City,Long Island,New York
single
graduated St Paul's School,Concord,New Hampshire 1958-62
attended Harvard University (2 years)
entered service February 1965
graduated School of Special Warfare,Fort Bragg (officers' course)
awards D.S.C.,Bronze Star
KIA near Qui Nhon,Binh Dinh Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 39E Line 22
DATE OF DEATH:
13-Feb-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/johnson-peter-wyeth.44809/CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Peter Wyeth Johnson (ASN: 0-5331906), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Detachment B-22, Company B, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. First Lieutenant Johnson distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 13 February 1968 while serving as senior Special Forces advisor to a Vietnamese strike force platoon conducting a search and destroy mission in Binh Dinh Province. The unit was moving across open rice paddies when heavy automatic weapons fire erupted on it from a reinforced North Vietnamese company occupying well-fortified positions in a nearby hamlet. Quickly withdrawing his troops from the savage fusillade, Lieutenant Johnson directed accurate artillery and air strikes on the enemy positions. As the bombardment lifted, he rallied his men and led a fierce assault on the hamlet. An intense hail of bullets raked the exposed platoon, and Lieutenant Johnson withdrew his men and again requested artillery and air support. He then reorganized his troops and fearlessly led a second assault through a curtain of hostile fire. While shouting encouragement and gallantly charging the fortified North Vietnamese bunkers, Lieutenant Johnson was hit by enemy fire and instantly killed. His determined and courageous leadership in close combat inspired his fellow soldiers to overrun and capture their objective. First Lieutenant Johnson's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
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