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DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDwight Dawson Johnson, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 35
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · May 4, 1968
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · May 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS BANE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 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.