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DONALD CHARLES JOHANSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1932 – October 20, 1963
Service recordDonald Charles Johansen, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 32
- DEAN AMICK WADSWORTHCaptain · October 8, 1963
- JOHN CLIFTON BONZOMaster Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
From Fall River
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 1968
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.