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HOWARD WARNER JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 7, 1947 – August 30, 1967
Service recordHoward Warner Johnson JR, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 71
- EUGENE CARL PACHECOPrivate · August 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- EDWARD LEE RANKINPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JOHN SMITHSergeant · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 69
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.