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CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1949 – July 27, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Johnson, of Opelousas, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Opelousas, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 57
- CHARLES LEHMAN HACKWORTHPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1969
- JOHN HENRY HARRIS JRCorporal · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN HINSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH MACCIOCaptain · July 28, 1969
From Opelousas
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JESSIE RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1966
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
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.