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CALVIN LEE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – January 30, 1970
Service recordCalvin Lee Johnson, of Fairview, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 81
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
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairview, Montana (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 81
- KENNETH ALAN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 17, 1970
- JOHN ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- GARY ALLEN CHESHIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL LEBRONCorporal · January 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 81
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.