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CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1945 – September 11, 1967
Service recordCharles Allen Johnson, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 56
- DAVIES LEE JONESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1967
- BRICEY ELROD LAMBSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1967
- RICHARD ROCCO MULLINLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- NELSON DENFIELD NEALSergeant · September 11, 1967
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 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.