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CHARLES FRENCH JOHNSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1943 – January 31, 1968
Service recordCharles French Johnson JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger (89302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 37 MACV
- Born
- November 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 18
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- GIDEON PICHA JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- DUBOIS ROBERT JONESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.