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KENNETH PAUL JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – January 26, 1969
Service recordKenneth Paul Johnson, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 84
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 84
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- GARY DEAN HUMPHRIESCaptain · January 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORAN LEON BERGERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 81
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 83
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 85
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.