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JAMES BRUCE JOHNSON SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1940 – May 17, 1969
Service recordJames Bruce Johnson SR, of Wildwood, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Wildwood, Florida (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 33
- DOUGLAS EDWARD LOHMEYERCorporal · May 17, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLEY MACLEODSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- RONALD EARL PACEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1969
- GILBERT WAYNE PAGESergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD E HANDSHUMAKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 30
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.