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EDWARD A JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – February 25, 1971
Service recordEdward A Johnson JR, of Rockaway, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockaway, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 5
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · February 25, 1971
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- DAVID DOUGLAS PEOPLES JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODSCorporal · February 25, 1971
From Rockaway
- DENNIS JOHN DEMICHAELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES WASHINGTONPrivate · September 6, 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.