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CALVIN JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – March 10, 1969
Service recordCalvin Johnson, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 577 ENG BN 3 ENG GRP
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 102
- CLARENCE EDWARD FETTYStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1969
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY HILL JRCorporal · March 10, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · March 10, 1969
- CARTER PURVIS LUNAColonel · March 10, 1969
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.