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LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1951 – July 22, 1970
Service recordLarry Duwayne Johnson, of Provo, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 42
- MARK GREGORY DRAPERSergeant · July 22, 1970
- DANNY JOE FRIESCorporal · July 22, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE GLATFELTERSpecialist Five · July 22, 1970
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 43
- DANIEL JOSEPH TURCOTTEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 45
From Provo
- DON CHARLES WOODColonel · January 16, 1966
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVE RALPH LUKEPetty Officer Second Class · December 6, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
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.