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STERLING HENRY JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1943 – May 17, 1968
Service recordSterling Henry Johnson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 6
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 6
- BERNARD MALCOLM HIMESLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN HUGHESFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- REID ALLEN ISLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NOVAK AREYCorporal · Panel 61E, Line 22
- SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARESpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 23
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.