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LESTER JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – February 3, 1969
Service recordLester Johnson JR, of Hightstown, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Hightstown, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 49
- DALE ARNOLD ECKOFFSeaman · February 3, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LESLIE ARTHUR JERSTADPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
From Hightstown
- GEORGE JAMES BURDPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
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.