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JERRY REED JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1949 – May 29, 1970
Service recordJerry Reed Johnson, of Killen, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Killen, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 118
- JOHN MARQUEZSergeant · May 29, 1970
- DALE REISINGFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1970
- GLENN DALE RICKERTCaptain · May 29, 1970
- RAYMOND L ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BIERBAUMStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 117
From Killen
- GARY FRANK WALLACECaptain · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM NEWTON MCMURTREYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
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.