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JOHNNIE LEE SLOAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – September 28, 1965
Service recordJohnnie Lee Sloan, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Choctaw, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 97
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- CARL JULIUS WOODSLieutenant Commander · September 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 97
From Choctaw
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- DELTON EUGENE TERRYAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES CLAIR WILSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- GARY LANE BARNUMPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1970
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.