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PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1947 – January 30, 1968
Service recordPrince Arthur Johnson JR, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 72
- HOWARD WAYNE GULLIKSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · January 30, 1968
- CLEVELAND HOLMESPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HURSTMaster Sergeant · January 30, 1968
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 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.