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CURTIS JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – August 19, 1968
Service recordCurtis Johnson, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 53
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- GALE EDWARD DEERINGStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEORIO JRCorporal · August 19, 1968
- LEWIS ALLEN DITTMERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 53
- ROGER THEODORE FASTPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 54
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.