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AUGUST DAVID JOHNSON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1943 – February 3, 1967
Service recordAugust David Johnson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 3, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 112
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- RIVRON 5
- Born
- January 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 112
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- EARL WAYNE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- FERNANDO LEALSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE LEESergeant · February 3, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.