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DAVID ALVIN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – November 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Alvin Johnson, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 21
- KENNETH JOHN DELLSergeant · November 5, 1968
- LLOYD ROLLAND GREENEPrivate · November 5, 1968
- ARDON HALTCorporal · November 5, 1968
- FREDDIE JARREL HANNAHStaff Sergeant · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH JIRSASergeant · Panel 39W, Line 20
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 22
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 23
From Prescott
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- FORTINO JAMES APOLINARPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.