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HARVEY DOUGLAS JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 7, 1941 – November 4, 1971
Service recordHarvey Douglas Johnson, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 60
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 60
- DENNIS IRVIN DAYSergeant · November 3, 1970
- RICHARD CLAIR DORITYSergeant · November 3, 1970
- DAVID LANDRELL GINNSergeant · November 3, 1970
- JERRY GALE THOMASSergeant · November 3, 1971
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.