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JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYER
Captain · U.S. Army
December 2, 1936 – June 10, 1966
Service recordJohnnie Paul Sawyer, of Conway, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Born
- December 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Conway, South Carolina (Horry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 31
- DAN BRUEN PACKARDCaptain · June 10, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROOTHStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
From Conway
- SIMMIE BELLAMY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- WILLARD FRANKLIN BEVERLYLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- CLAUDE LAVERNE COLLINSStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROY BRYANTPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
- JAMES MARSHALL MINCEYCorporal · November 21, 1969
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.