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HAROLD BENJAMIN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordHarold Benjamin Johnson, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 89
- GEORGE MEDFORD GORRERA JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT JEFFRIESLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · March 20, 1969
- VICTOR DAVISON KAHLA JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KARL JOSEPH TASCHEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 93
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.