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JOHNNIE WAYNE ATOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordJohnnie Wayne Ator, of Pittsfield, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 91
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsfield, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 91
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS JAMES BEVERIDGESpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
- RONALD EARNEST BOYERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- CLAUDE EDWARD BRAGGPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN ROBERT BAUERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 91
- MICHAEL THOMAS DECKERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE GAMBLECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 93
- JOHN LEE HAWKINS JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 93
- ROBERT LANCE HETTINGERSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 94
- GREGORY MICHAEL LEINENSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 94
- LEONARD ALAN MORSECorporal · Panel 32W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JACK WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 3
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.