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BEN ODELL JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1951 – August 21, 1970
Service recordBen Odell Johnson, of Brenham, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Brenham, Texas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 127
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDERStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1970
- KENNETH JOSEPH KOSOWSKICorporal · August 21, 1970
- ROBERT WEST LANCASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1970
- RONALD WILLIAM MUNGERSergeant · August 21, 1970
From Brenham
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
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.