Hometown Heroes Syncbak: KPLC 7 News at Six - May 5, 2021 - part II By John Bridges | May 6, 2021 at 3:27 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 3:46 AM LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Frank Johnson, Jr. was an assistant platoon sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. When he returned to Beauregard Parish, he wound up at First National Bank of DeRidder as a porter. “I got hired as a janitor,” recalled Johnson. “Worked 41 years and retired as a vice president.” After retiring from the bank on a Friday, he started with the Beauregard Sheriff’s Office on Monday. He stayed there for over two decades, first as a patrol deputy and later with the Senior Care Unit. He always had a positive word for younger people at Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church.