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NATHAN JOHNSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – October 18, 1967
Service recordNathan Johnson JR, of Lancaster, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Virginia (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY CHURCHILLLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILBERT R COCKRELLSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- ALLEN EDWARD FIRTHSergeant · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH OTIS BOOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 33
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 37
From Lancaster
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVEN POTTERSergeant · February 27, 1969
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.