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JAMES JOHNSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordJames Johnson JR, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 3 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ponca City, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 76
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT KATAVOLOSCorporal · May 21, 1967
- ALFRED LEESergeant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
From Ponca City
- WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDSCaptain · March 28, 1965
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
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.