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JOHNNY DALE CASEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – June 21, 1968
Service recordJohnny Dale Casey, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 11
- CHARLES PETER BARNESCorporal · June 21, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BOYERSergeant First Class · June 21, 1968
- RICHARD MORRI CHAMBERLAINSergeant · June 21, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 12
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 13
- WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIESergeant · Panel 55W, Line 13
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 13
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 15
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIREStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 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.