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JAMES ALBERT JOHNSON
Private · U.S. Army
April 21, 1944 – July 18, 1971
Service recordJames Albert Johnson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 110
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 110
- PHILIP DUANE CHEEKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1971
- STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- CHARLES W ROBERTS JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- RUDOLPH STEVENSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP DUANE CHEEKPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 110
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.