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LARRY RAY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordLarry Ray Johnson, of Buttonwillow, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Buttonwillow, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 21
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · May 11, 1968
- CALVIN LIONEL GOOCHCorporal · May 11, 1968
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MARVIN JIM HANNACorporal · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARRY RONALD ELLERMANSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 20
- EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 28
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.