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DUANE AARON JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordDuane Aaron Johnson, of Kerrville, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kerrville, Texas (Kerr County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 6
- PHILIP RUSH FINKFirst Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- FREDDIE LEWISPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY CURTIS CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 5
From Kerrville
- MANUEL REYES DENTONPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1963
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · May 4, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD PFEUFFERLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- CURTIS CLEVELAND DEESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1969
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.