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JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1945 – January 26, 1968
Service recordJimmy Leroy Johnson JR, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Rutherfordton, North Carolina (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 40
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ROBERT ALFRED GATESPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ALLEN GEIBSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- BYRON CLIFTON LOLLARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
- JAMES WILLIAMS FOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 37
- TERRY DEAN FINCHCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 39
From Rutherfordton
- HENRY HARRISON FORD JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- JOHN MITCHELL HICKSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY STREETSpecialist Four · June 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.