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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Steve Freddie Johnson.

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STEVE FREDDIE JOHNSON

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

December 22, 1946 – December 14, 1970

Service record

Steve Freddie Johnson, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6W · Line 120

Position of Panel 6W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
December 22, 1946
Home of record
Kailua Kona, Hawaii (Hawaii County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 14, 1970
Age
23
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6W, Line 120

Same unit, same day

From Kailua Kona

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.