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MICHAEL KIRK JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1951 – November 16, 1970
Service recordMichael Kirk Johnson, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 64
- RICHARD LANE KELTONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS RILEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
- JOHN MARSHALL ROEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 63
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.