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CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1945 – May 26, 1967
Service recordClayton Winslow Johnson, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 117
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 117
- ROBERT HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RUDIN DODDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 113
- TERENCE PATRICK FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 114
- PHILLIP RAY GAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 123
- MICHAEL CONRAD ROELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 125
- TEDDY GENE TALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 126
- PAUL M WOOLDRIDGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 127
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · March 13, 1968
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.