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CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – May 28, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Johnson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 8
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY BEESON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH FINNEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 4
- MICHAEL NATHANIEL HARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 4
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.