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AARON GILBERT JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – September 18, 1968
Service recordAaron Gilbert Johnson, of Deer Grove, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Deer Grove, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 28
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- RALPH LAVERNE GREENPetty Officer First Class · September 18, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN HAYSLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE ANGEL GALVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 27
- EUGENE SMITHSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 30
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.