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DENNIS VAN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1951 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDennis Van Johnson, of Ada, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 69
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Ada, Oklahoma (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 69
- KENNETH RAY HODGESergeant · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM PETER KASTENDIECKSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · April 1, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PATTERSONCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL THOMAS LAFAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 70
From Ada
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD MULLINSStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1966
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS BLANKENSHIPFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1968
- THOMAS HUGH BAKERMajor · November 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DALE THURMANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE PADBERGPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RICHARD WARREN JONESCaptain · June 27, 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.