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KENNETH DUANE JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – August 23, 1969
Service recordKenneth Duane Johnson, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 102
- KENITH LEWIS JARRELLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL LABANISHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JAMES MACKStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JOE WILLIAM NORWOODHospitalman · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EDWIN SINGERCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 104
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- LENTON EUGENE MIZERWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
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.