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HENRY L JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1940 – March 16, 1968
Service recordHenry L Johnson, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 2
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- YOUNG DAVID OGLETREESergeant · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL HANS BERNHARTCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 65
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 67
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 2
- WELDON BERNARD MERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 45E, Line 3
- HOWARD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 6
- MICHEL T WHEELERCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 6
- TERRY ZIMMERMANSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 7
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.