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CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – December 7, 1969
Service recordCharles Everett Johnson, of Mapleton, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 36
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Mapleton, Iowa (Monona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 36
- THOMAS PATRICK GILL IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1969
- VINCENT JOSEPH HALLPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- DANNY RICHARD LATHAMSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 34
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 36
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 37
From Mapleton
- DELMER LEE FERRISPrivate First Class · February 10, 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.