The Wall › Panel 23W › Minnesota › Stephen Duane Johnson
STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1950 – June 3, 1969
Service recordStephen Duane Johnson, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 53
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 53
- ROBERT JAMES HOFFMANNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD ITALIANOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1969
- CLAYTON DEAN JENKINSLance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 50
- GAYLORD GERALD KERRStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 53
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 55
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCPARLANEPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 56
- ALLEN HARVEY ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 57
- WALTER S SEDDIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 59
- CHARLES VALEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 60
- GREGORY RAYMOND VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- JEAN ARTHUR KEARBYLieutenant Colonel · June 23, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 12, 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.