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JAMES REED JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – August 21, 1966
Service recordJames Reed Johnson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 24
- DAN STEVEN ALLENPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLANEYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.