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STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordSteven Howard Johnson, of Trona, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Trona, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 65
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · March 7, 1969
- DALE EDWARD GREENWOODPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- CLARENCE ALVIN HECKMANLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 65
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 71
From Trona
- JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- ARTHUR QUEZADAFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1968
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.