Boatswain Peter Johnson (Spanish-American War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsamhouston.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Navy for actions after an explosion of a boiler on board the U.S.S. Vixen on May 28, 1898. Johnson was born December 29, 1857, in Sumerland, England.  Johnson died in 1943.
https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/peter-johnson.
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