David Harold Johnson

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18 Jan 2008 REMEMBERED by a first cousin, Bill and Renee Clark clarknaepc@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 4/503rd was rapidly deployed to the Central Highlands after the Battle of the Slopes. On 10 July, moving up Hill 830 about 12 kilometers south of Ben Het, A Company came under intense fire from an entrenched Viet Cong main force battalion. On 12 July, after taking the hill, D Company discovered a single network consisting of 60 bunkers with supporting foxholes. In short order, two more bunker complexes were discovered. The fighting on 10 July cost 26 American lives; ten of the dead were from A Company, 4/503rd: SFC Myron S. Beach, Elmira, NY PFC John C. Borowski, Chicago, IL (Dist Svc Cross) SP4 Roger W. Clark, Pittsfield, VT SGT William J. Deuerling, New Smyrna Beach, FL SP4 Arthur A. Erwin, Eugene, OR PFC David H. Johnson, Jonesboro, AR 1LT Daniel W. Jordan, Griffith, IN (Dist Svc Cross) SP4 Oris L. Poole, Screven, GA SP4 Walter A. Samans, Richmond, VA SP4 Franklin S. Shepherd, North Wilkesboro, NC

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a first cousin, Bill and Renee Clark clarknaepc@aol.com

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 18 Jan 2008
Last updated 11/13/2010