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JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1941 – September 23, 1966
Service recordJimmy Alvin Johnson, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 3
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- RAY WALTER HOLEMANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
- DAVID ROSS AIKENPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- LLOYD LEE GOODINGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 2
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 3
- FRANK CHARLES HUBICSAKPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 3
- ANTONIO RICHARD OSUNASergeant First Class · Panel 11E, Line 4
- WILLIAM MACKS SHETRONSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 4
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 5
- JOSEPH THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 5
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- DON CURTIS BENFIELDPrivate · April 8, 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.