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MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordMichael Wayne Johns, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 59
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 52 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 59
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- GREGORY JONESSergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS PAUL JONESLieutenant · February 6, 1968
- BEN JOWERS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
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.