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JOHNELL WITHERSPOON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 26, 1941 – November 4, 1970
Service recordJohnell Witherspoon, of Archer, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 38
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Archer, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 38
- RAY ARNETT JRLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
- JOSEPH BRUCE BRITTAINPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- LUIS ANTONIO CRUZLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BRUCE BRITTAINPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 38
From Archer
- WILLIE LEE BROWN JRCorporal · March 8, 1969
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.