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JAMES LOUIS JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – June 9, 1967
Service recordJames Louis Johnson, of Gilmer, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Gilmer, Texas (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 80
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
- FRANK RICHARD RAGUSASpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RAFAEL L RIVERA-BALAGUERCaptain · June 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 78
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 78
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 80
From Gilmer
- FOY MANION MATHISCaptain · January 29, 1966
- CURTIS ORAN SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- DONNIE PAUL SMITHSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.