Obituary: Col. Andy Johnson

The DC Society has informed us that our dual-society member Colonel Andrew Martin Johnson passed away on May 23, 2022. Col. Andy (as the announcement read) was born in 1935, a native of Windom, MN. He completed his BA degree and graduate studies in public administration at the University of Minnesota. He served in the US Army, including two years on active duty in Vietnam and four years with NATO forces in Germany.

In addition to his membership in the Minnesota Society, SAR, Col. Johnson was active in the DC and Virginia Societies. He served as President of the Virginia Society and was VP General for the Mid-Atlantic District. In 2005 he received the SAR’s highest honor, the Minuteman Award.

Col. Johnson was active in numerous hereditary and heritage societies. In 2006, he was recognized as an Honorary Member of the The Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America (his profile is posted here).

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