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MILTON JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordMilton Johnson, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 37
- ROBERT LEE GRANTCorporal · June 1, 1969
- IRIS HILTON HARRINGTONPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1969
- DANNY LEE HOPKINSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- JAMES LARRY KIESTLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE GRANTCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 37
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.