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BEN JOHNSON JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1927 – October 5, 1965
Service recordBen Johnson JR, of Pacific Junction, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 108
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1927
- Home of record
- Pacific Junction, Iowa (Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 108
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEKSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.