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JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
September 9, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Johnson JR, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 54
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Roslindale, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 54
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOEDDEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- MARK JOHN HANSENSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOEDDEPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 55
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
- LARRY EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
- JAMES DAMION VALOVSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 59
From Roslindale
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- EDWARD THOMAS EGAN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 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.