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MICHAEL ARTHUR JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordMichael Arthur Johnson, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 113
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 113
- TOMMY IVAN HINDMANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- JAMES DONNIE HOWELance Corporal · May 6, 1970
- LEROY HUNTERSergeant First Class · May 6, 1970
- JAMES DALE JENNINGSSergeant · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEROY HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 113
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 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.