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LEO FRED JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1932 – October 11, 1969
Service recordLeo Fred Johnson, of Clewiston, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1932
- Home of record
- Clewiston, Florida (Hendry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 67
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- FRANK W KINKAID JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- BERNARD RICHARD KNAPICLieutenant Colonel · October 11, 1969
- MARVIN DEAN LARSONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GEORGE LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 68
From Clewiston
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RALPH LEE FORDSergeant · November 5, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · August 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES ANDERSONSergeant · February 23, 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.