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BYRON STEVEN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordByron Steven Johnson, of Leominster, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 77
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Leominster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 77
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
From Leominster
- GEORGE EDWARD ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · September 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN GEORGE HAZZARDLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS MACMILLANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- WAYNE ROBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.