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FREDDIE LEE JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1940 – December 7, 1966
Service recordFreddie Lee Johnson, of Selma, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BJWS USARV
- Born
- October 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Selma, Alabama (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BJWS USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 18
- JOHN WERNER CARLSONCaptain · December 7, 1966
- ROGER HERBERT COYELieutenant Colonel · December 7, 1966
- CARLOS ANGEL FARTOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- PATRICK CHARLES KOZELPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY WALTER MURRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 19
From Selma
- JAMES MOONEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
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.