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DAVID HENRY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordDavid Henry Johnson, of Eldorado, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 15
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Eldorado, Iowa (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 15
- RAYMOND DALE BRAGGCorporal · February 15, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLYCorporal · February 15, 1970
- JOHN MARKSLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 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.