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KENNETH CARL JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1947 – September 10, 1967
Service recordKenneth Carl Johnson, of Bradley, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Bradley, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 46
- BRUCE HUNTINGTONSergeant · September 10, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- LEE IRVINGPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
From Bradley
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- RONALD NEIL SAMPLELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- DANIEL LEE OVERRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMANSpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
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.