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EVERETT EUGENE JOHNSON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1939 – May 19, 1967
Service recordEverett Eugene Johnson JR, of Paulding, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Paulding, Ohio (Paulding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 45
- WILLIAM DONALD JINKSCorporal · May 19, 1967
- LEO JOHN KELLY IIISecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- ROY ABNER KNIGHT JRColonel · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 39
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 39
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 49
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CARNELL EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 51
From Paulding
- DAVID RONALD DEVERS SRCaptain · August 13, 1966
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · May 10, 1970
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.