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LARRY DEAN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Johnson, of Risingsun, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 19 ENG BN
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Risingsun, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 63
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · September 22, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK KEMERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK KUHLMANNMajor · September 22, 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.