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HAYWOOD JOHNSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1933 – May 6, 1968
Service recordHaywood Johnson JR, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1933
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 56E, Line 9
- DONALD RAY HAYESPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS HOSKINSCaptain · May 6, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
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.