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MARSHALL D JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordMarshall D Johnson, of Cairo, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Cairo, Illinois (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 17
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- MICHAEL ARNOLD JOSEPHSergeant · May 30, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEMPPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEON BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 14
- CHARLES EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 16
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 16
- CLARENCE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 17
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 18
- PAUL EVERETT SCHIEVESpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 1
- ANDREW KUNG YOUNGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 62W, Line 3
From Cairo
- WALTER THOMAS GUERINSergeant · February 7, 1966
- BENNIE LEE CROSSSergeant · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT C PROFILETCaptain · October 2, 1968
- RUSSELL RICHARD BEELERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.