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JAMES GRADY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJames Grady Johnson, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 51
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 51
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BERNARD KUBECaptain · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 48
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 49
- ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 55
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 56
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 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.