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JOHNNY R THAXTON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1949 – July 23, 1968
Service recordJohnny R Thaxton JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 45
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- GLENN EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN TILGHMANLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
- WAYNE ELLIOTT TIMOTHYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.