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JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 21, 1944 – January 18, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Johansen, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 69
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JOHN STANLEY KMIECPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- THEODORE OBRIENPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 71
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 72
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- LEONARD PETER SPARKMANLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 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.