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EDWARD JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Johnson, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 22
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 22
- CHARLIE WILL FARMER JRStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1969
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- HARRY GROVER KUNKLER IIISpecialist Five · June 11, 1969
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MILTON BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 17
- RONALD GARY CROWEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 19
- FRANK F DEMARIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 19
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 21
- JACK CHARLES LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- EDWARD VINCENT PALMENTACorporal · Panel 22W, Line 25
- FLOYD LEON PITRESergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 25
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 27
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 28
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 28
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.