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JAMES HAROLD JOHNSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1932 – October 3, 1963
Service recordJames Harold Johnson JR, of Milford, Delaware, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Milford, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1963
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 29
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- MANUEL REYES DENTONPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1963
- DANIEL KEPNER LESSIGFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
From Milford
- WAYNE CLIFFORD JESTERPrivate · April 10, 1968
- DONALD LEE GIBSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
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.