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JAMES KENNETH JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1950 – March 24, 1969
Service recordJames Kenneth Johnson, of Zimmerman, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Zimmerman, Minnesota (Sherburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 26
- JOHN MARVIN GREENESergeant · March 24, 1969
- DAVID STANLEY HARRISSergeant · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT ANDREW HOLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN ROBERT MILLERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 26
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.