Thursday, February 17, 2011

Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson

Remember Our Heroes

Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson, 20, of Clarksville, Tenn.

Airman 1st Class Johnson was assigned to 423rd Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Alconbury, England; died Feb. 17 in Southwest Asia due to a non-combat incident.

Johnson, born July 5, 1990, is survived by his parents, Marcus and Julee Johnson, along with two siblings, Katelyn and Seth Johnson, according to an obituary provided by Montgomery County spokeswoman Elizabeth Black. Marcus Johnson is the county Information Systems director.

Christoffer Johnson was a 2008 graduate of Clarksville High School. He was serving as a member of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation New Dawn. He died Feb. 17 in a vehicle wreck while on security patrol at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Black said.

While serving with the 423d Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Base Alconbury in England, Christoffer volunteered for deployment and had been in theater for approximately three weeks of a six-month rotation.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Christoffer P. Johnson was killed in a non-combat related incident on 2/17/11.

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