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LARRY RICHARD JOHNSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 15, 1934 – December 14, 1969
Service recordLarry Richard Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 56
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mech (Structures) (AMS)
- Born
- November 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 56
- KENNETH LLOYD MARSHANDSergeant · December 14, 1969
- PAUL CHARLES MEDLINSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1969
- GREGG A NEWELLSergeant · December 14, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK POELSTRASpecialist Four · December 14, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.