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JERRY HAMPTON JOHNSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordJerry Hampton Johnson, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 10
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 10
- BERNARD W EDWARDS JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR JOHNSENSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57W, Line 7
- GARY ANDREW MILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- ALLEN RAY WEAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.