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ALAN HOWARD JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – February 6, 1970
Service recordAlan Howard Johnson, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 107
- ROBERT JOSEPH DUPELL JRSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DAVID BRUCE FOGGPrivate First Class · February 6, 1970
- JOSEPH ROBERT HARDEEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1970
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MELVIN KAISERSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 108
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
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.