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LAMARR LEE JOHNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – March 30, 1969
Service recordLamarr Lee Johns, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 92
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · March 30, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JACK NEECE LOUALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 88
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- BENITO DIAZ JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- DONALD LEE NIXONCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 93
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.