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LARRY DEAN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – April 25, 1969
Service recordLarry Dean Johnson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 46
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 46
- SAMUEL ALONZO BESSENTSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- CLAYBURN MCGEE HATCHERSpecialist Five · April 25, 1969
- EMERSON E HELLERLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KELLY JRCorporal · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAYBURN MCGEE HATCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 46
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.