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HENRY JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordHenry Johnson, of West Memphis, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 69
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- West Memphis, Arkansas (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 69
- CLOYCE ORAL BURKETT JRTechnical Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- SCOTT MCCLELLAND BURKETTCaptain · October 8, 1967
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN VILARDOSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
From West Memphis
- CHARLES HERBERT GRAHAMCorporal · February 4, 1968
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · May 16, 1968
- HOUSTON FRANKLIN THOMASLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · April 5, 1969
- RANDALL LYNN HARRISCorporal · February 8, 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.