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LARRY ALLEN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1947 – September 20, 1968
Service recordLarry Allen Johnson, of Varna, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Varna, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 47
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM LEWISPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- DANIEL BRUCE PERSONSPrivate · September 20, 1968
From Varna
- DENNIS DUWAYNE PALMCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.