David Lee Johnson

Private First Class
L CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
20 June 1947 - 07 January 1968
Columbus, Georgia
Panel 33E Line 069

3RD MARDIV

4TH MARINES


Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for David Lee Johnson

31 Jul 2006

It is as if a silver chord
Were suddenly grown mute,
And life's song with its rhythm
warred
Against a silver lute.

It is as if a silence fell
Where bides the garnered sheaf,
And voices murmuring, "It is well,"
Are stifled by our grief.

It is as if the gloom of night
Had hid a summer's day,
And willows, sighing at their
plight,
Bent low beside the way,
For he was part of the best
That Nature loves and gives,
And ever more on Memory's breast
He lies and laughs and lives.
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar -

From a classmate,
Spencer High School, Class of 1966,
Wilson
wwil333@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In the early morning of 07 Jan 1968, a Lima 3/4 platoon began an anti-sniper patrol, trying to root out several snipers who had been firing into the perimeter. An initial success very rapidly became more difficult when the patrol encountered a well dug-in NVA force and the fight developed into an all-day affair. The remainder of Lima 3/4 came to help, and Kilo 3/4 was sent as well. When the Marines broke contact toward sundown, they had killed no fewer than 26 North Vietnamese soldiers - but Lima 3/4 had lost six men, and one of their wounded died the following day:
  • LCpl Richard G. Mangrum, Lynn Haven, FL (Silver Star)
  • LCpl Louis G. Petrone, Morristown, NJ (Silver Star)
  • Pfc William M. Anderson, Opa Locka, FL
  • Pfc Lawrence C. Covington, Jersey City, NJ (DoW 01/08/1968)
  • Pfc David L. Johnson, Columbus, GA
  • Pfc Bobby R. McKinnon, Kosciusko, MS
  • Pfc Donald E. Monkman, Bloomington, IL


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a classmate, Spencer High School, Class of 1966,
Wilson
wwil333@aol.com



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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 31 Jul 2006
Last updated 11/13/2010