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JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1951 – April 6, 1971
Service recordJoseph Wallace Johnson, of Tallassee, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Tallassee, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 110
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1971
- RICHARD JON LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
- DONNIE CARL TAYLORSergeant · April 6, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
From Tallassee
- JIMMY DALE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 23, 1966
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 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.