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DAVID KEITH JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1948 – May 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Keith Johnson, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 104
- STEVEN MICHAEL JANEDASpecialist Four · May 26, 1970
- CLARENCE ROSAIRE LAVOIEPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- THOMAS ARTHUR LOLLARSergeant · May 26, 1970
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 102
- SAMMY MANUEL GULLARTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 105
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.