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MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – March 18, 1967
Service recordMichael Neal Johnson, of Brentwood, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 105
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Brentwood, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 105
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM JURGENSCorporal · March 18, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 103
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 105
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL E MCNEALCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
- RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 108
From Brentwood
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MURPHYStaff Sergeant · July 2, 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.