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Michael Hugh Johnson
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Hospital Corpsman Second Class
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United States Navy
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1983-10-23
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Michael Hugh Johnson was born on February 23, 1953 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He served in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman Second Class. Michael was killed in the terrorist bombing of the United States Marine barracks. In the early morning hours of 23 Oct. 1983, a truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security perimeter of the USMC Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In the explosion that followed, 241 US Military personnel were killed and 80 serious wounded. His current burial place is unknown.