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JACK LEE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1948 – May 25, 1969
Service recordJack Lee Johnson, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 104
- OPHREY AUSTIN IRVINSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- KEITH ALAN KAHLSTORFPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- MARIO LAMELZACorporal · May 25, 1969
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 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.