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GUFFEY SCOTT JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1939 – October 31, 1971
Service recordGuffey Scott Johnson, of Independence, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 57
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Independence, Virginia (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 57
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- LUTHER BURNETT WARD JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1971
From Independence
- WILLIAM CLARENCE MOORESpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
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.