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ASA THOMAS JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1943 – August 24, 1970
Service recordAsa Thomas Johnson, of Covington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Covington, Pennsylvania (Tioga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 1
- FRANK ANDREW CASSIN JRSergeant · August 24, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINESpecialist Four · August 24, 1970
- PATRICK G FITZSIMMONSWarrant Officer 1 · August 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HINESCorporal · August 24, 1970
From Covington
- RICHARD EUGENE FAYSergeant First Class · July 19, 1970
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.