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MILTON JAY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – July 9, 1968
Service recordMilton Jay Johnson, of Pitkin, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Pitkin, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 6
- CHARLES F HARGER JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HUGH LEE HARRINGTONSergeant · July 9, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- EDWARD LESTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
From Pitkin
- MORRIS SAMPSON BEESONChief Petty Officer · March 22, 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.