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KENNETH JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – March 25, 1967
Service recordKenneth Johnson, of Middle Village, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Middle Village, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 44
- ROCKWELL SELDEN HERRONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- JAMES HAMILTON HISELieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1967
- CURTIS CHARLES JOOSTENPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BURDETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 43
- DONALD MILLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 45
From Middle Village
- DONALD BOWENPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1968
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.