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JOHN HARRY JOHNSON
Sergeant Major · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1921 – July 12, 1967
Service recordJohn Harry Johnson, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 17, 1921
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 60
- ROCKWELL GRANT JAMISONSergeant · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- JERRY DON LANIERSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.