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JOHNNY VENT JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – November 22, 1969
Service recordJohnny Vent Johnson, of Livingston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 109
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Livingston, Texas (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 109
- MICHAEL LLOYD M DEBOLTPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- RICHARD CARL DEUTERLieutenant · November 22, 1969
- KENNETH GENE EWINGSpecialist Four · November 22, 1969
- PETER ALAN GRUCAPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
From Livingston
- ANDREW LEWIS STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- MARVIN RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · September 11, 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.