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CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1937 – January 28, 1970
Service recordCleveland Osborne Johnson, of Mullins, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 75
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Mullins, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 75
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN KOCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY BRIAN BATTELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 73
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 75
From Mullins
- BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
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.