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ALAN PAUL JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – February 25, 1970
Service recordAlan Paul Johnson, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 53
- CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTHSergeant · February 25, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE DICKSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JESSE CLIFFORD FREYCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JERRY LEE STOUTCorporal · February 25, 1970
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
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.