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BARTON WENDELL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1946 – May 25, 1968
Service recordBarton Wendell Johnson, of Scandia, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Scandia, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 3
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE HOPPERSPrivate · May 25, 1968
- DANNY HOSKINSCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HERMAN JACKSONCorporal · May 25, 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.