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JOE LOUIS JOHNSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1937 – December 29, 1967
Service recordJoe Louis Johnson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 94
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 94
- FRANK HAREL HENDERSONSergeant · December 29, 1967
- CLIFTON HENSONCorporal · December 29, 1967
- GLENN CHALFANT HOPESWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- ROBERT H MCWILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JON MICHAEL CAPPAERTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 91
- ROBERT OWEN GRAHAMCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 93
- FRANK HAREL HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 94
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
- LEO CARL CASEY JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
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.