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HERBERT BURTON JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – July 5, 1968
Service recordHerbert Burton Johnson, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 20
- CARL POST HETRICKSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOPKINSCorporal · July 5, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- ERIC JOHN JEDNATSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MACCURTIS BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 16
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.