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ADRIAN JOSEPH JOHNSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 27, 1940 – June 13, 1969
Service recordAdrian Joseph Johnson JR, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 40
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Officer (4823)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1940
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 40
- CHARLES MANUEL ANDUJARStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- JEFF LEE FRANKLIN JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- KENNETH RAY HARRISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 39
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 44
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.