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LEDELL JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1949 – August 4, 1968
Service recordLedell Johnson JR, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 9
- OSCAR LEE HOUSEPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- RONALD JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · August 4, 1968
- DARNELL PATRICK MURRAYStaff Sergeant · August 4, 1968
- RAMIRO LOPEZ SALINASSergeant · August 4, 1968
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 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.