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RODNEY DEAN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – February 16, 1967
Service recordRodney Dean Johnson, of Knoxville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 45
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 45
- JESSE W IVY JRCorporal · February 16, 1967
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LEMEN EARL JONESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- JEFFREY G KAZIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
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.