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JOHN ALVIN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1942 – January 31, 1966
Service recordJohn Alvin Johnson, of Jarratt, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 124
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Jarratt, Virginia (Greensville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 124
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1966
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · January 31, 1966
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
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.