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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Johnie Lomas.

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JOHNIE LOMAS

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 8, 1931 – January 21, 1969

Service record

Johnie Lomas, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 34W · Line 50

Position of Panel 34W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 8, 1931
Home of record
Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 21, 1969
Age
37
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 34W, Line 50

From Kansas City

All 150 names from Kansas City →

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.