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MAX ARDEN JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordMax Arden Johnson, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 89
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- North Kingstown, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 89
- GEORGE MEDFORD GORRERA JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT JEFFRIESLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- HAROLD BENJAMIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- VICTOR DAVISON KAHLA JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 87
From North Kingstown
- BRUCE E BOYERSergeant First Class · June 2, 1967
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · October 6, 1967
- THOMAS JOEL SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 25, 1968
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.