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JOHN PAUL JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1950 – September 20, 1970
Service recordJohn Paul Johnson, of Bellevue, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Nebraska (Sarpy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 78
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- CARL RICHARD MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- JOE HERMAN MONTOYAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 76
- WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON IIISergeant · Panel 7W, Line 76
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 76
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 77
From Bellevue
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
- EDWARD LEROY NIEBURPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- GORDON KAYE GATHMANPrivate First Class · September 20, 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.