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LEONARD RICHARD JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – August 22, 1967
Service recordLeonard Richard Johnson, of Oakland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 29
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 29
- LINDSAY DAVID BALDONISpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HENRY GRANILLOPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN HEISERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN HOBAN IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 27
- RICHARD JOHN BALTHAZORCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 27
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 31
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 32
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.