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CHARLES WALTER JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – July 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Walter Johnson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 34
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 34
- ROLAND CHARLES HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
- JOSEPH ALLEN MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- CARL DOUGLAS SHIRLEYFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1969
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.