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KENNETH LEE JOHNSON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 17, 1945 – April 26, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lee Johnson, of West Point, Nebraska, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- West Point, Nebraska (Cuming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 20
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- MARC JOHN KUZMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROY ALLEN LAMONSergeant · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES J MCKINSTRY JRCaptain · Panel 52E, Line 22
From West Point
- CHARLES HENRY PETERSCommander · July 1, 1966
- ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 14, 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.