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KENNETH MICHEAL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1948 – June 7, 1967
Service recordKenneth Micheal Johnson, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 68
- THOMAS MICHAEL HEALYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- JESSE LEWIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- KENNETH RAY KEEFERLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- PHILLIP ANDREN VANDEUSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.