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DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – December 13, 1967
Service recordDouglas Ray Johnson, of Burbank, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 88
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 88
- VERNE LYLE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · December 13, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS LEESpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.