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LYLE ALBERT JOHNSON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1942 – October 5, 1967
Service recordLyle Albert Johnson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 54
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM BROOKS KISERFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- FRANCIS CHARLES MIDUSKISecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1967
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 1969
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.