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MCARTHUR JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordMcArthur Johnson, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 16
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 17, 1970
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · March 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · March 18, 1970
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.