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DANIEL GENE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordDaniel Gene Johnson, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 12
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 10
- JAMES ROBERT MAURERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
- JOSE MUNATONES JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 15
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.