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DAVID CHARLES JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – February 5, 1971
Service recordDavid Charles Johnson, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 79
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 79
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
- JAMES LEE PAULWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 79
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
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.