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JOSEPH DARRYL JOHNS
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 6, 1949 – April 3, 1970
Service recordJoseph Darryl Johns, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 3, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 89
- CARL JOHN HELRINGSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN LEEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM ANGUS MILLERCorporal · April 3, 1970
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.