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DONALD LEE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1944 – June 3, 1966
Service recordDonald Lee Johnson, of Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 3
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- GARTH WAYNE KECK JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL EMIL KRAUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- THEODORE EUGENE KRYSZAKColonel · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 3
- CARL SYLVESTER PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 4
From Orange
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BURTON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ROGER DEVLINSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ANTHONY DERIGGISpecialist Four · September 8, 1966
- FERDINAND JOSEPH QUATRONESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · November 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALLERTON MEADECorporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM L HOLLAND JRPrivate · March 12, 1968
- WILLIAM HURLE SATTERFIELDLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.