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PAUL EDWARD JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – November 14, 1967
Service recordPaul Edward Johnson, of Lookout, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Lookout, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 95
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- BRUNO ARTHUR HOCHMUTHMajor General · November 14, 1967
- MILTON GEORGE KELSEYCaptain · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 93
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 94
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 94
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 97
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 98
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.