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CARL IRVING JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – June 22, 1968
Service recordCarl Irving Johnson, of Wakefield, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Michigan (Gogebic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 19
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
From Wakefield
- DANIEL LEE NEGROPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · April 23, 1968
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.