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DAVID HAROLD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – July 10, 1967
Service recordDavid Harold Johnson, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 42
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 42
- ARLAN DEAN GABLESergeant · July 10, 1967
- FRAZIER DANIEL HUGGINSCorporal · July 10, 1967
- MICHAEL CLAY JONESLance Corporal · July 10, 1967
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · Panel 23E, Line 40
- JOHN C BOROWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 40
- KENNETH LLOYD BROWNSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 40
- ROGER WILLIAM CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 40
- DAVID PAUL CROZIERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 40
- JIMMY EARL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 41
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEUERLINGSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 41
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 41
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 41
- JAMES FABRIZIOPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 41
- FRAZIER DANIEL HUGGINSCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 42
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 42
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 43
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 44
- ORIS LAMAR POOLESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 45
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 45
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 45
- WALTER A SAMANS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 46
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER SCOTTSergeant First Class · Panel 23E, Line 46
- FRANKLIN STEVE SHEPHERDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 46
- MALTON GENE SHORESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 46
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 47
- JESUS M TORRESSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 47
- WALTER DOUGLAS WILLIAMSMajor · Panel 23E, Line 48
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.