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RUSSELL CARL JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1947 – March 4, 1967
Service recordRussell Carl Johnson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 17
- DWIGHT LEE HACKWORTHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- WALTER VINCENT HULINGSCorporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.