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DAVID FRANCIS JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1950 – May 17, 1970
Service recordDavid Francis Johnson, of West Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1950
- Home of record
- West Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 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.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 57
- RICHARD ALLEN HAITHCOXCorporal · May 17, 1970
- ROGER ALAN HICKOKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · May 17, 1970
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 55
- NASH FRYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 59
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.