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DAVID JOSEPH JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – May 20, 1967
Service recordDavid Joseph Johnson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 61
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEIL KEEFEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE FENNESSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 56
- GERALD CHARLES HAGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 60
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.