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FURMAN LEE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1942 – January 2, 1968
Service recordFurman Lee Johnson, of Willard, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Willard, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 18
- ELDON GARAMILLOSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- GERALD PAUL GAUTHIERLance Corporal · January 2, 1968
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- FRANCIS GERALD HOUDASHELTSergeant · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 16
- HANS KLETINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 19
- RONALD O MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ROBERT L WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Willard
- JESSE JOHN BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · December 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.