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EDWARD DEWEY JOHNSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 16, 1930 – July 25, 1970
Service recordEdward Dewey Johnson, of Alton, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Alton, Missouri (Oregon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 51
- WILLIAM AVENER FAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- TIMOTHY MARTIN GREELEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PAUL ANTHONY GREGORYLieutenant · July 25, 1970
- HAROLD MORRIS HARDINSergeant · July 25, 1970
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.