The Wall › Panel 45W › Arkansas › Alexander Johnson JR
ALEXANDER JOHNSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
February 22, 1939 – September 5, 1968
Service recordAlexander Johnson JR, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 42
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 42
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLLPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JAMES EMANUEL MURCHISONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GEORGE RAY POSEYFireman · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 46
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCKPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
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.