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LEROY JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordLeroy Johnson, of Carlisle, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Carlisle, South Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 2
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · April 29, 1968
- ARTHUR L JORDONSergeant · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 7
From Carlisle
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 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.