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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Warren Dean Johnson.

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WARREN DEAN JOHNSON

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

February 20, 1944 – July 24, 1967

Service record

Warren Dean Johnson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23E · Line 116

Position of Panel 23E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Born
February 20, 1944
Home of record
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 24, 1967
Age
23
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 23E, Line 116

From Minneapolis

All 193 names from Minneapolis →

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.