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JOHNNY JOE HON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1935 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJohnny Joe Hon, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 12
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 12
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · May 14, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- RICHARD JOSEPH GUERREROSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 11
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · Panel 60E, Line 13
- JESUS MEJIAPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.