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JOHNNY LEONARD NEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJohnny Leonard Neal, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DENNIS MITCHELLLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- EUGENE MATTHEW PABSTMajor · October 7, 1966
- FRANKLIN MASON RENSHAWPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 54
- ROBERT WENDELL GILLIAMSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 57
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.