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JAMES EARL JOHNSON III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – February 23, 1971
Service recordJames Earl Johnson III, of Weaver, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 134
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Weaver, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 134
- CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- STEPHEN MAYO HISCOCKChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
- MARVIN ALLEN LUERKENSCorporal · February 23, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN MAESCorporal · February 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT OLIVER RUFF JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 1
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.