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JOHNNY MUNOZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – August 28, 1969
Service recordJohnny Munoz, of Conroe, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Conroe, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 2
- JOSE FRANCISCO JIMENEZLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD KENNETH JOECKENSergeant · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD EARL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN MCANINCHCorporal · August 28, 1969
From Conroe
- JAMES ARNOLD GILFORDCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM RUSHINGSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
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.