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MELVIN EDWARD JOHNSON
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
August 13, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordMelvin Edward Johnson, of Lombard, Wisconsin, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Lombard, Wisconsin (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 73
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · October 8, 1967
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- MITCHELL LYNN KEMPSpecialist Four · October 8, 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.