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NAPOLEON JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 21, 1949 – July 5, 1971
Service recordNapoleon Johnson, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 100
- RICHARD MICHAEL PURCELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1971
- GILBERT LEDGERSergeant · July 5, 1971
- PAUL LOPEZSpecialist Four · July 5, 1971
- ISRAEL MEDINASergeant · July 5, 1971
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 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.