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MELVIN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1949 – May 9, 1969
Service recordMelvin Johnson, of Douglasville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Douglasville, Georgia (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 29
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
- GREGORY LAMAR FLECKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JIMMY LYNN HENRYCorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HENSONPrivate · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALTON REASONS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 30
From Douglasville
- ROBERT GERALD HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- ROBERT PAUL TIDWELLFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1969
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- DAVID BEAVERS WOODFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1971
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.