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ANTHONY KENT JOHNSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 6, 1940 – July 8, 1967
Service recordAnthony Kent Johnson, of Cranford, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Cranford, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 36
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS GREGORY JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE JOHNSONCorporal · July 8, 1967
- SZOLTON SIGMOND KLEINPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
From Cranford
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DEAN JOSEPH ELICHKOPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KARL DIETER HEZELMajor · November 17, 1967
- MARCUS PETER ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 6, 1968
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.