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BENJAMIN F JOHNSON III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1948 – February 19, 1968
Service recordBenjamin F Johnson III, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 21, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 40E, Line 23
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JENKINSSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · February 19, 1968
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.