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CHARLES JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1945 – February 28, 1966
Service recordCharles Johnson, of Batavia, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Batavia, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 86
- JAMES FRANCIS HUBISZPrivate · February 28, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
From Batavia
- DAVID FOSTER FLETCHERLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- MARTIN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.