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MCARTHUR JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1939 – July 7, 1965
Service recordMcArthur Johnson, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1939
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 29
- DAVID LAFATE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1965
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · July 7, 1965
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 28
- DAVID LAFATE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- ALLEN ISAAC JOHNSONPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 29
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 29
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 29
- JOHNIE EDWARD RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 30
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 30
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 30
From Wilmington
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
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.