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CHARLES AARON JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – January 3, 1969
Service recordCharles Aaron Johnson, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 27
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 27
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- THEODORE R KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT KUNKELLance Corporal · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN EUGENE GANTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- THEODORE R KLINGENSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 27
- EDGAR W WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 31
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.