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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Leland Craig Johnson.

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LELAND CRAIG JOHNSON

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

August 26, 1948 – October 10, 1969

Service record

Leland Craig Johnson, of Greenfield, Wisconsin, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17W · Line 62

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
August 26, 1948
Home of record
Greenfield, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1969
Age
21
Province
Kien Giang
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 17W, Line 62

From Greenfield

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.