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FRANK JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1942 – December 4, 1968
Service recordFrank Johnson JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 39
- JAMES ROBERT GAGESergeant · December 4, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GLAZEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY HODGESSergeant · December 4, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES HOLTCorporal · December 4, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.