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DONALD CECIL JOHNS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Cecil Johns, of Mcintosh, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 36
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Mcintosh, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 36
- PAUL KINARD JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- THOMAS ROGER KEPPENFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- PATRICK DANIEL KOPPPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 37
- LEONARD COSBY SHARPLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 39
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.