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JOHNNY LEE BRUTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1945 – January 12, 1967
Service recordJohnny Lee Bruton, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 14
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- RODNEY GEORGE DRAKESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 15
- KENNETH LEN SHUFFITTSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 18
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
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.