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ARTHUR HARRY JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – August 22, 1969
Service recordArthur Harry Johnson, of Hidalgo, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Hidalgo, New Mexico (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 94
- LUIS MARTINEZ GONSALEZPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- RICHARD RALPH GRINNELLPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- STUART FRANKLIN HEMPPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- JOHN LAWRENCE HURDPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- LARRY MORGAN KELLYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL TERRY BOATSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 91
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 91
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 91
- ROBERT LEE KETELAARSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 95
- MOSES IWANE KUAHIWINUI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 95
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.