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STEVEN EDWARD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – November 15, 1968
Service recordSteven Edward Johnson, of Yukon, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Yukon, Oklahoma (Canadian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 70
- JAMES MARVIN CURTISPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- PETER HENRY GARMSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH KOWALSKISpecialist Four · November 15, 1968
From Yukon
- FRANK ALBERT THOMPSONCorporal · April 15, 1967
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · May 4, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- JAMES FREEMAN ELKINChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 30, 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.