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BRUCE MARK JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 30, 1944 – June 21, 1966
Service recordBruce Mark Johnson, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 72
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- WAYNE HERMAN NELSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY CONDON IIISpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 71
- JOSEPH HENRY COOPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 71
- MICHAEL ROBERT HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 72
- WAYNE HERMAN NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 73
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.