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JOHNNIE M CURLEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1930 – March 22, 1966
Service recordJohnnie M Curlee, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 37
- DENNIS RAY BRUCECorporal · March 22, 1966
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JULIAN DELGADO JRSergeant · March 22, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.