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JOHNNIE GENE LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1939 – November 3, 1962
Service recordJohnnie Gene Lee, of Mashulaville, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Mashulaville, Mississippi (Noxubee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1962
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1962. In November 1962, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 14
- GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1962
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
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.