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MAJ Archibald McNeal “Arch” Johnson

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MAJ Archibald McNeal “Arch” Johnson

Birth
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Death
1 Aug 1933 (aged 43)
Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California, USA
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Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
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A lawyer, and son of Governor Hiram Warren Johnson and Minnie L. McNeal Johnson, he took his own life with a pistol in his home outside San Francisco. An artillery major in World War I, he was wounded at Chateau Thierry, and was said by friends to have suffered from recurrent shellshock. Recently divorced from his wife, Martha Ruddy Leet Johnson, he left a note in verse, ending: "Forgive me, God. For all I've done to please that ever-grasping one who took my very life".
A lawyer, and son of Governor Hiram Warren Johnson and Minnie L. McNeal Johnson, he took his own life with a pistol in his home outside San Francisco. An artillery major in World War I, he was wounded at Chateau Thierry, and was said by friends to have suffered from recurrent shellshock. Recently divorced from his wife, Martha Ruddy Leet Johnson, he left a note in verse, ending: "Forgive me, God. For all I've done to please that ever-grasping one who took my very life".

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  • Created by: Ryann
  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28954689/archibald_mcneal-johnson: accessed ), memorial page for MAJ Archibald McNeal “Arch” Johnson (4 Feb 1890–1 Aug 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28954689, citing Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA; Maintained by Ryann (contributor 46823030).