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MARION EDWARD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1945 – November 21, 1966
Service recordMarion Edward Johnson, of Milledgeville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 101
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Milledgeville, Georgia (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 101
- CHARLES LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- HARVEY JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- RAY ELLSWORTH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CARROLL HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE A ALKIRE JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 98
- GARY D BYFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
- LOUIS CASTILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 98
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- JOHN MICHAEL DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 99
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 100
- LLOYD EARL GARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- JOHN LARIMORE GODFREYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- CHARLES LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- HARVEY JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- CARROLL HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 101
- ARNOLD ROSS KRASNOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 102
- ROGER W LAWSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 102
- BOBBY WELDON LETBETTERSergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 102
- CHARLES KENNETH MALONEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 103
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 103
- EUGENE EMMETT MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 103
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 103
- LARRY DUANE NAASZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 105
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 105
From Milledgeville
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- JAMES RALPH ETHERIDGELieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1968
- JIMMY BEDGOODStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · December 18, 1970
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.