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WAYNE DAVID JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1948 – October 4, 1968
Service recordWayne David Johnson, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 5
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- GARY LEE KUNSHIERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- GARY GEORGE LACHAPELLEPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CORRIGANSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 4
From Menominee
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
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.