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JAMES DEAN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1950 – March 3, 1970
Service recordJames Dean Johnson, of Letts, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Letts, Iowa (Louisa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 78
- DANNY DEAN HANKSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
- GEORGE GEOFFREY KARRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- RICKY NORMAN LOWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SAMUEL DEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 77
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.