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GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1949 – July 28, 1968
Service recordGeorge Stephen Johnson, of West Covina, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 8, 1949
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 24
- JERRY LEE GRAVESCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RAY GLENWOOD HAWKPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- FREDERICK JOSEPH KRUPINSKISergeant · July 28, 1968
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 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.