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KENNETH JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1937 – November 28, 1968
Service recordKenneth Johnson, of Levittown, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 5, 1937
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 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.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD BESTMANNSergeant · November 28, 1968
- THOMAS LAIRD BRATTAINMajor · November 28, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 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.