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JERRY ALLEN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1951 – May 11, 1971
Service recordJerry Allen Johnson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 32
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 1971
- STEVEN LARRY MARTINSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.