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EDWARD LEE JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1946 – August 27, 1967
Service recordEdward Lee Johnson, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 52
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlestown, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 52
- JOHN ACE JENSENCorporal · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM OLIVER JONESStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL CLYDE KAMPHCorporal · August 27, 1967
- ALBERT GRAY LEGGETTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
From Charlestown
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD POWERS JRCaptain · October 12, 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.