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JAMES WALTER JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – June 21, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Johnson JR, of Roaring River, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Roaring River, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 31
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE S CATANZARITIPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 28
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.