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JAMES EARL JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – November 7, 1969
Service recordJames Earl Johnson, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 43
- GERALD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLINCorporal · November 7, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
From Edmond
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
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.