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CHARLES LEO JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1943 – June 23, 1967
Service recordCharles Leo Johnson, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 54
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 54
- WILLIAM LLOYD HAMLINSpecialist Four · June 23, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- HARRY JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 53
- RONALD LLOYD HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 53
- ERNEST LEON HURDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 54
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 55
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
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.