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JOHNNY LISBON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1941 – May 1, 1969
Service recordJohnny Lisbon, of Elliott, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 92
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Elliott, South Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 92
- MICHELE LEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · May 1, 1969
- DANIEL CARTER NELSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.