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HOWARD WESTLEY JOHNSON JR
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
September 10, 1943 – November 4, 1972
Service recordHoward Westley Johnson JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1972, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Computer Systems Operator (74E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1972; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 88
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1972
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · October 31, 1972
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.