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LARRY WAYNE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 25, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordLarry Wayne Johnson, of Corning, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Corning, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 26
- PHILLIP LEE INMANPrivate · September 11, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS IVORYLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOLAS KLOOSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELDON DEAN COLDREN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 22
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 25
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- LONNIE EUGENE LUNDYSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 27
- DAVID OLIVER PAINTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 28
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 31
From Corning
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL HANSHAWLance Corporal · January 31, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
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.