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EMMET LEE JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1929 – May 19, 1966
Service recordEmmet Lee Johnson, of Lexington, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1929
- Home of record
- Lexington, Missouri (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 85
- JOSEPH D PELLEGRINOSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1966
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 85
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 85
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 86
- IRVIN DALE KNIPPELBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- GREGORY BERNARD NORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 87
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 88
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 88
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.