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OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordOscar Gibson Johnson JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 61
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JODREYSpecialist Five · March 27, 1969
- ZANE EVERETT JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN JONESPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- RENE ALDO BULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 58
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 59
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 60
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 61
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.