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LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordLarry Travis Johnson, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 11
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL HEISERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- HAROLD JOERENZO HERRINGSergeant · June 28, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK JOHNSColonel · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DUNCANCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 10
- RONALD ARTHUR EWINGSpecialist Five · Panel 54W, Line 10
- LORENZO RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 13
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 13
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 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.