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PAUL FREDERICK JOHNS
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 12, 1931 – June 28, 1968
Service recordPaul Frederick Johns, of Laconia, Indiana, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 28, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 11
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6 ACS
- Born
- October 12, 1931
- Home of record
- Laconia, Indiana (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 28, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 11
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL HEISERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- HAROLD JOERENZO HERRINGSergeant · June 28, 1968
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
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.