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JOHN KIRBY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – August 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Kirby Johnson, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 68
- PAUL CHARLES BERTOLOZZIFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- JAMES RAY MAJORSLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- LEONARD GERALD MARCUMCaptain · August 2, 1967
- DANIEL HAROLD MILLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY FINERTYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1968
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.