Johnnie Doctor, Jr.
Panel S-72, South Pool, National September 11 Memorial Panel S-72, South Pool, National September 11 Memorial

Petty Officer First Class U.S. Navy

What they earned

Petty Officer First Class
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Navy Good Conduct Medal3Joint Meritorious Unit AwardNational Defense Service MedalSea Service Deployment Ribbon3

Also kept at

salute.nw ↗ Petty Officer First Class ยท Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

In memory of

Johnnie Doctor, Jr.

1968 – 2001

Born in
Allendale, South Carolina
Killed that day
September 11, 2001, aged 32
Lived in
Washington, D.C.
Worked
E6, U.S. Navy

Information Systems Technician First Class, United States Navy, fourteen years in the service.

His wife said he loved everything about it - that it was his family too. He enlisted at Fort Jackson in August 1986 and served aboard the Whidbey Island, the Aubrey Fitch, the Independence and the Stark, and travelled from Japan to Jacksonville to Russia and Australia. He came to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in June 1999.

He came home from far ports with a t-shirt or some memento for his wife and stepchildren every time. She said he always knew how much she loved t-shirts, and he never forgot.

He looked after the sailors under him the same way - a little cash, a lift, some advice. His wife said she had calls from across the world afterwards from people he had touched.

He had recently started criminology classes at the University of the District of Columbia and was thinking of becoming a state trooper. She said he was so full of life, and excited for what was about to come.

How they died

Killed at the Pentagon on the morning of 11 September 2001, when American Airlines flight 77 struck the western face of the building at 9:37. A hundred and twenty-five people inside and fifty-nine aboard the aircraft were killed.

Survived by

His wife Andrea and his stepchildren Anthony and Lydeda.

What people have said 1

I did not know you personally, but I know your name now, and I know you were taken.

S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026