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LOUIS JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordLouis Johnson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 21
- VIRGIL VERN HAMILTONSergeant · May 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE HARGISSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- THOMAS EARL HAYSWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1969
- FREDERICK PETER JOHNSON JRSergeant · May 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 20
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 23
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 23
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · 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.