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JOHN LAFAYETTE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1946 – September 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Lafayette Johnson, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 32
- DAVID HUNTER PITTARDMajor · September 27, 1968
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · September 27, 1968
- PHILIP DALLAM REEDERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · September 27, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.