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ERIC WAYNE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – December 6, 1967
Service recordEric Wayne Johnson, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 48
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 48
- LANCE NORMAN JENKINSLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- JEROLD LLOYD KASTRINOSSergeant · December 6, 1967
- PAUL S KRZYNOWEKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JOHN FORETPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 46
- PATRICK T SASSEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.