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SAMUEL JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordSamuel Johnson JR, of Pennington Gap, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Pennington Gap, Virginia (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 37
- FRED WILLIAM CARPENTERCaptain · October 26, 1968
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · October 26, 1968
- CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 36
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 37
- WAYNE BIZZLE HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 37
- MARLOWE EUGENE KEELSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 38
- ANTHONY JAMES LASKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 38
- STEVEN ALLEN MATHERSSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 39
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 40
From Pennington Gap
- LONNIE BERNARD EVANSPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1967
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.