# 14
Hometown: Mount Sterling, KY
Position: G Playing Height: 6-0 Playing Weight: 165
Date of Death: July 30, 1945
Additional Photos: (1)
Game by Game Statistics
Season Notes:
1943-44: (Called up midseason to the Navy. [MIA in Pacific])
Post-UK Career Notes:
Served in the Military
| Season | Games Played | FG | FT | FTA | % | F | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-44 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 28 | 74 |
| Total | 12 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 28 | 74 |
Biography - "K" Men Who Died in World War II, Kentucky Game Program (December 9, 1950)
JOHNSON, S l/c Walter Marion Jr., 19, A & S 1943-44, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Johnson of Mt. Sterling. Johnson was a star guard on the University of Kentucky basketball team when he entered the Navy in February, 1944.
After completing his training he was given sea duty as gunner's mate aboard the cruiser Indianapolis. After taking part in many of the major campaigns in the Pacific including Iwo Jima, Guam, the Philippines and Okinawa, he was reported missing when his ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine after delivering atom bomb supplies to Guam. In September Seaman Johnson was officially reported as killed in action.
