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DAVID ALLEN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – December 26, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Johnson, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 77
- RUSSELL LEE WELLS JRSpecialist Five · December 25, 1968
- MARK STANTON LUTESSergeant · December 26, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 77
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.