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Science[link]

• Perfluorinated compounds, a class of organofluorine compounds that have all hydrogen replaced with fluorine
• Perfluorocarbons, fluorocarbon compounds derived from hydrocarbons
• Power factor correction, a technique of counteracting the undesirable effects of electric loads
• Prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain
• pFc fragment of a monoclonal antibody; see Fragment crystallizable region
• Persistent fetal circulation in the newborn child
• Programmable Fieldbus Controller, ex WAGO 750-841

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• Palace Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States

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• Paris FC, a French football club located in the east of Paris
• Partizan Football Club (disambiguation)
  • Partizani Tirana, a football club playing in Tirana, Albania
  • FK Partizan, a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia
• Paulínia FC, based in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil
• Peterhead F.C., based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Phichit F.C., based in Thailand
• Portsmouth F.C., based in the Portsmouth, England
• Pune FC, a Indian football club based in Pune, India

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• Pacific City State Airport (IATA airport code), near Pacific City, Oregon
• Power Finance Corporation, an Indian financial institution
• Power foundation classes, computer libraries for PowerBuilder
• Phonologie du Français Contemporain, an international research project devoted to French phonology
• Priority-based flow control, Ethernet technology
• Private First Class, a military rank held by junior enlisted persons

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LaVena Johnson (July 27, 1985 - July 19, 2005) was a Private First Class in the United States Army whose death, officially ruled a suicide, has attracted international attention amid shocking revelations she was raped and murdered. She was the first female soldier from Missouri to die in Iraq.

Biography[link]

The daughter of Dr John Johnson, a service veteran and Linda Johnson,^[2] Johnson was born and grew up in Florissant, Missouri. The 5'1" African American honor student enlisted in the Army immediately after graduating from Hazelwood Central High School. She was deployed to Iraq and stationed in Balad. She had been there for 8 weeks before her death on July 19, 2005.^[1]

Death and controversy[link]

Johnson's death was officially ruled a suicide by the Department of Defense. However, her father became suspicious when he saw her body in the funeral home and decided to investigate. The Army initially refused to release information, but did so under the Freedom of Information Act after Representative William Lacy Clay, Jr. raised questions about it at the congressional hearings over Pat Tillman's death.^[3]

The autopsy report and photographs revealed Johnson had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound that seemed inconsistent with suicide. Several reporters have suspected that the chemical burns were to destroy DNA evidence of a rape.^[1][3][4][5]

A spokesman from the House Armed Services Committee said in June 2008 that the committee was looking into Johnson's death, but they were not yet committing to a formal investigation. Christopher Grey, chief of public affairs for the U.S. Criminal Investigative Command for the Army has said that the case remains closed as far as they are concerned.^[6]

Following a February 2007 KMOV news report on Johnson's death, an online petition addressed to the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee was launched. This was followed by the creation of an official LaVena Johnson website dedicated to developments in prompting a new Army investigation of her death. The petition closed on May 24, 2008 with nearly 12,000 signatures; preparations are being made for delivery to the two committees.^[7] In July 2008, the online Black activist group Color of Change launched an online petition^[8] calling on Henry Waxman, chair of the House Oversight Committee, to conduct a hearing into LaVena Johnson's death and the Army's handling of her case and others like it.

A movie about LaVena Johnson's family struggle for justice is currently^[when?] being shown at Webster University in St.Louis, Missouri. Joan Brooker directed LaVena Johnson: The Silent Truth.

On July 19, 2011, the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute (CCIRI) at CHI Institute will continue its investigation into the death by recreating the crime scene. Each year the CCIRI investigates a new cold case and this year chose Johnson’s case. The CCIRI’s crime scene reconstruction will help shed light on this case that has attracted worldwide attention.^[9]

See also[link]

• Ciara Durkin
• Pat Tillman

United States Army portal

References[link]

External links[link]

• The PFC LaVena Johnson Petition
• Murder on the Base? story in ChicagoReader
• Dark Secrets - coverage by Ginny Stein on SBS Australia Dateline program aired 29 May 2009.