The Wall › Panel 29W › California › Johnny Lawrence Edwards
JOHNNY LAWRENCE EDWARDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJohnny Lawrence Edwards, of Downey, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 99
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 99
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER TARVER BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 96
- WILLIAM LORANCE DENTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 2
- RONNIE RUDOLPH WHITECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 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.