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DAVID ALLEN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1945 – January 31, 1970
Service recordDavid Allen Johnson, of West Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP
- Born
- July 3, 1945
- Home of record
- West Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 85
- PAUL H CARDENAS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL MADERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- ROBERT LAMAR MCARTHURPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
- RICARDO MENDIOLACorporal · January 31, 1970
From West Lafayette
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGSCaptain · June 4, 1969
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.