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VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1948 – October 27, 1967
Service recordVerne Dewitt Johnson III, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 82
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 82
- WILLIAM RALPH HACKETT JRLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- ANGUS LAFAYETTE HARECorporal · October 27, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.