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JOHNNY RAY TAGMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1943 – July 10, 1966
Service recordJohnny Ray Tagman, of Owasso, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 16
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Owasso, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 16
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 14
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 15
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 16
From Owasso
- BENNY BOB COESpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- PATRICK LEE SHANNONTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 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.