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JAMES GORDON JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – March 19, 1969
Service recordJames Gordon Johnson, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 79
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 79
- GARY LYNN HOSKOPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- JOE STEPHEN HUSTONSergeant · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE JENKINSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHNSONCorporal · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ROBERT MONIASpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 76
- ROBERT CHARLES ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 82
- WILLIAM WARNER UTTSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 85
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.