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JOHNNIE MITCHELL WAHL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1949 – November 27, 1969
Service recordJohnnie Mitchell Wahl, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 129
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 129
- ULYSSES WALLACEPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
- BLAINE HENRY WALSHSeaman · November 27, 1969
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- THOMAS EARL ASKEWSergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ULYSSES WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 129
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.