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FOREST DENVER JOHNSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – October 12, 1969
Service recordForest Denver Johnson JR, of Bremen, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Bremen, Georgia (Haralson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 71
- JAY LYNN KECKSergeant · October 12, 1969
- WAYNE MORRIS LENDERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES RINCKSpecialist Four · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND STOLARUNLance Corporal · October 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAYMOND DUFAULTCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 70
- ROBERT EUGENE JENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 70
From Bremen
- MARK EVERETT JAMESLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WINKLESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- CHARLIE JUNIOR DOMINICKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
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.