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DOUGLAS ANDREW JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – August 6, 1966
Service recordDouglas Andrew Johnson, of Vine Grove, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 107
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Vine Grove, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 107
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES WILLETTSpecialist Four · August 5, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- CARL FREDRICK MEIERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
From Vine Grove
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD GREENWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- MARION DAVID POWELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · April 7, 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.