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KEITH GEOFFREY JOHNSON
Private · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordKeith Geoffrey Johnson, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 22
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 22
- DENNIS OGDEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.