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Death of LaVena Johnson

1985–2005

United States

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LaVena Lynn Johnson (July 27, 1985 – July 19, 2005) was a soldier in the United States Army who was found dead in a tent in Iraq. Her death was controversially ruled as a suicide, but the evidence of rape and battery led her family to believe the United States Department of Defense covered it up.

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