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ARTIE EUGENE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordArtie Eugene Johnson, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 29
- ABBOTT ROBERT JONESLieutenant Colonel · February 18, 1970
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE MULLENSergeant · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL FREDERICK HOFMANNSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 28
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.