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FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – July 23, 1968
Service recordFrancis David Leo Johnson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 41
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 41
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RAY HOWARD JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS EARL IJAMSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- GARY ELTON LEEPrivate · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 38
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 38
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 40
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 44
- JAMES DOUGLAS SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 44
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 46
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 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.