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MARVIN RAY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – July 3, 1967
Service recordMarvin Ray Johnson, of Burgaw, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 120
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Burgaw, North Carolina (Pender County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 120
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLAMMERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1967
- JAMES HARVEY HINSONSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE NELSONLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD FREEMAN PHILLIPSSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 121
From Burgaw
- OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1967
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
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.