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VICTOR JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – January 29, 1968
Service recordVictor Johnson JR, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 60
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ROY DELL MCGEEPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 58
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- GENE LAWRENCE KUVIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 61
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Donaldsonville
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · May 13, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- EDMUND FURMANPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.