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PHIL DAVID JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1942 – February 25, 1969
Service recordPhil David Johnson, of Sterling, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Sterling, Kansas (Rice County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 47
- HOWARD THOMAS FOXMajor · February 25, 1969
- JUAN GASTONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- KENNETH RAY GILLIAMLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- JOSE LUIS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE JOSEPH BABIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 42
- TRUMAN J WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 61
- LARRY LEE WOOLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 62
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.