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CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1940 – May 3, 1967
Service recordCharles Franklin Johnson, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 26
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 26
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- DARYL LINN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 22
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- RALPH EDWARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 29
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 29
- LEE HENDERSON RUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 32
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.