James Houston Johnson Jr.[1] (16 December 1937 – 18 August 2023) was a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army.

He had over 33 years of active military service, culminating as Commanding General of the First United States Army, responsible for 325,000 soldiers, from 1991 to 1993.

This includes two tours in Vietnam: first, as an Advisor in the Mekong Delta in 1966 to 1967 and, later, an Infantry Battalion S3 with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), operating in the Ruong-Ruong Valley, just south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in 1969 to 1970.

After retirement from active duty in 1993, Johnson's service to the nation continued in the Balkans as Director of a Joint Civil-Military Training Program for the Croatian Armed Forces.

Later, he served as the Secretary of Defense's personal representative to the former Soviet Republics of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.