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PERRY DAVID JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordPerry David Johnson, of Live Oak, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Live Oak, Florida (Suwannee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 86
- LLOYD JUNIOR HUCKSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 83
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 84
- JAMES BRUCE MCKNIGHTCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 87
- THEUS JOSEPH POUNDCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 88
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
From Live Oak
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · November 18, 1966
- OTTO WAYNE AUESergeant · October 15, 1968
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
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.