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BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1943 – February 21, 1972
Service recordBernard Levern Johnson II, of Vienna, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1972, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 109
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Vienna, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1972; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 109
- DON HAMUEL WARESpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
- WILLIAM MARSHALL CLARKCaptain · February 23, 1972
- DAVID ERROL CLARKESpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 109
From Vienna
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- DONALD R MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 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.