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GEORGE JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1946 – August 25, 1968
Service recordGeorge Johnson, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 16
- EDWARD JAMES GRAYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- RAY LEE JACKSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- STEPHEN ALAN JORDANCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED DANIEL PENLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 23
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.