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EVERETTE R JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – February 7, 1968
Service recordEverette R Johnson, of Greenville, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Equipment Maintenance Senior (63L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, West Virginia (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 2
- HAROLD ORION HOSKINSSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CALVIN OTIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD R THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 16
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.