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JOHNNY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – October 5, 1968
Service recordJohnny William Humphrey, of Vidalia, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Vidalia, Georgia (Toombs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 12
- ROBERT JAMES GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE HOPKINSSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- AUBREY EUGENE JACOBS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
- ALEX LOUIS MITCHELLCorporal · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 9
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- AUBREY EUGENE JACOBS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 12
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 13
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- HENRY LEE KERTIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- RICHARD EDWARD LETENDREPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- DICK HOOTEN CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 14
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 14
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- JAMES CECIL MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 15
- PAUL LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Vidalia
- JAMES LEE WADE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- SAM HARRIS GALLOWAYSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH DEE MOORESpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- JAMES IRA SANFORDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- ONNIE DAVID DUNCANSergeant · August 26, 1970
- NATHANIEL LEWISPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- VERNON HARTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
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.