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STEVEN CHARLES JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – October 7, 1970
Service recordSteven Charles Johnson, of Alvord, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Alvord, Iowa (Lyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 117
- RICHARD RAY YOUNGSergeant · October 6, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLAN GRAHAMCorporal · October 7, 1970
- DAVID EUGENE HENDRYLance Corporal · October 7, 1970
- JON CHRISTOPHER JACOBSONFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1970
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.