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JAMES EARL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – May 7, 1966
Service recordJames Earl Johnson, of Spiro, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 38
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Spiro, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 38
- OWEN WAYNE WORTHEYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- STEVE GRANT YOUNGSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- JOHN DAVIS CHUTERPetty Officer Second Class · May 7, 1966
- PHILIP PAUL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYASergeant · Panel 7E, Line 39
From Spiro
- DONALD WAYNE AKINSCorporal · June 9, 1969
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.