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DANIEL COPE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – May 2, 1970
Service recordDaniel Cope Johnson, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 85
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · May 2, 1970
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · May 2, 1970
- EDWARD CHARLES HAGGERTYCorporal · May 2, 1970
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- LARRY HERRERASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 85
- LEO JOHN LUDVIGSEN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 86
- DONALD LEE VOORHEESSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.