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STEPHEN AYER JOHNSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 19, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordStephen Ayer Johnson, of Manhattan Beach, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 15, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Manhattan Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 89
- JERRY GENE GATLINPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD KREGELOHSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD LEONARDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- DONALD ALVIN LIEBLLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
From Manhattan Beach
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- RONALD ALLAN MOORELance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- OWEN EDWARD MEBUSTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY PAUL MORLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES MELVILLEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 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.