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JERRY DEAN JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1948 – November 22, 1967
Service recordJerry Dean Johnson, of Wheatland, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Wheatland, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 63
- JEFFREY JOSEPH BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
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.