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LARRY HOWARD JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordLarry Howard Johnson, of Decorah, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 70
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Decorah, Iowa (Winneshiek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 70
- THOMAS RICHARD DWYERCorporal · July 6, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · July 6, 1969
- GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JRSergeant · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KURTIS AUREL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 68
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 71
From Decorah
- LLOYD CYRUS WOHLFORD JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
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.