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JACOB JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1948 – November 17, 1968
Service recordJacob Johnson, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Moncks Corner, South Carolina (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 2
- THOMAS JOSEPH KILLION JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- JAMES L LANGSergeant · November 17, 1968
- HAL RANDOLPH LONGSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- JOHN KEITH MARSHALLLance Corporal · November 17, 1968
From Moncks Corner
- JAMES WESTLEY AYERSMajor · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.