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PHILIP ALLEN JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordPhilip Allen Johnson, of Coloma, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Coloma, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 71
- RONALD LEE GARNERSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MEAGHERCorporal · February 21, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN RIKERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 71
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 72
From Coloma
- DOYLE LEE HARRISCorporal · June 7, 1967
- THOMAS PIERRE PRUIETT JRPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · April 1, 1968
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.