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LEROY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1942 – February 1, 1968
Service recordLeroy Johnson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 52
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- January 21, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 52
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- JOHN PETER HYLANDPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.