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JOHNNIE EARL POWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – May 30, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Earl Powell, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 19
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCNAMARAStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- ERNEST ALVIN MOLZONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- WILLIE F OXENDINE IIIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PAPESergeant · May 30, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.