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THOMAS WAYNE JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1947 – May 19, 1970
Service recordThomas Wayne Johnson, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 65
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- ROGER THOMAS LAGODZINSKIStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER THOMAS LAGODZINSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 66
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.