Name: CPT Adrian Joseph Johnson, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/13/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 28.5
Date of Birth: 12/27/1940
Home City: El Paso, TX
Service: SC branch of the regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: A/4/77 ARA 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 65-10
Service: SC branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 22W-040
Aircraft: AH-1G tail number 67-15826
Service number: OF113692
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 4823 = 48 Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: weapons
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 02/17/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Tin Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: FT BLISS NATIONAL CEMETERY, EL PASO TX
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 09/30/1996
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