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DAVID CURTIS JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordDavid Curtis Johnson, of Tannersville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 38
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
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Tannersville, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 38
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- MARK ALAN KNOLLMEYERLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHN LEWIS KROLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- STEVE JULIUS DOCKERYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 35
- TED RAY JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 38
- VERNON LEON HEADRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 41
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 44
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 44
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.