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CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1935 – January 12, 1967
Service recordCharles William Johnson, of Kingston, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1935
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 16
- LLOYD CHARLES LAUGERMANLance Corporal · January 12, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- DENNIS PAUL NEELEYPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEE ALLENCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 13
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 13
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · Panel 14E, Line 18
- BOBBY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 19
From Kingston
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 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.