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PAUL ALLEN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – August 4, 1970
Service recordPaul Allen Johnson, of New Haven, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 82
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New Haven, Kentucky (Nelson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 82
- GLENN RAYMOND GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 83
- OVELL SPRUILLPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 83
From New Haven
- JAMES RAPHAEL NORRISStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- NICHOLAS G JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · August 13, 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.