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HENRY LOUIS JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1947 – September 12, 1968
Service recordHenry Louis Johnson JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 38
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 38
- SAMUEL CHAPMAN MAXWELLColonel · March 16, 1968
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- RICHARD DRIGGS LEMAY JRMajor · September 12, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HARLEY PRATHERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 41
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.