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JOHNNIE RAE SLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1952 – April 24, 1971
Service recordJohnnie Rae Sly, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 9
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1952
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 9
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1971
- TOMMY DAVE SMITHSergeant First Class · April 24, 1971
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
- DIETER HERBERT DISCHHAUSERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 6
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 9
- THOMAS HAROLD TAFTCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 10
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.