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JOHNNIE J CARAWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJohnnie J Caraway, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 118
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 118
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JAMES NELSON CLARKPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- DARELL LEE COVINGTONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 2
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 8
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.