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DANNY WEST JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordDanny West Johnson, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Four Oaks, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANNSergeant · August 5, 1968
- IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDESGunnery Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- JACOB ROMO TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GLENN BREWERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 12
From Four Oaks
- JOHN ROBERT LEEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- HERMAN LEE MCCLAMBPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
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.