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JESSIE LEE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – May 4, 1967
Service recordJessie Lee Johnson, of Suffolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 39
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Suffolk, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 39
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- DON WAYNE MINTONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- MARSHALL KENNETH MORRISPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT EUGENE BALLREESergeant · Panel 19E, Line 34
From Suffolk
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · June 11, 1966
- JOHN KENDRICK HUTTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- RUFUS JOHN DOWDYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.