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JOHNNIE KAY PERKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordJohnnie Kay Perkins, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 38
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · January 12, 1968
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- PHILIP DANIEL MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 34
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 36
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 37
- EARL LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 37
- JULIUS THOMASCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.