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FRANKLIN A JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1935 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFranklin A Johnson, of El Cajon, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 2, 1935
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 20
- EDWARD JOHN HAUGENCorporal · March 12, 1969
- ALAN ROGER HOSNEDLEStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- PAUL HOWARD JACKSON JRCorporal · March 12, 1969
- NORMAN SHELDON SALIMANCaptain · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN SHELDON SALIMANCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 20
- KYLE WALDROPStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 26
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY WHEELERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 26
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
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.