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DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1946 – December 30, 1967
Service recordDannie Lewis Johnson, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 3
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 3
- TERRY WAYNE HOLMESSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- TERRY AUGUSTA JONESPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WILLIAM NORRIS LOCKETTPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 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.