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ADOCK VEISO JOHNSON
Private · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – February 3, 1970
Service recordAdock Veiso Johnson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1970, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 97
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 97
- JESSE CARL CREEKMOREStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1970
- DWIGHT SAMUEL DOUGLASSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN HAINESSpecialist Four · February 3, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HAINS JRLance Corporal · February 3, 1970
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.