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SYLVESTER JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1946 – December 21, 1968
Service recordSylvester Johnson, of Englewood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 6 BN 33 ARTY
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Englewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 57
- ROBERT HOWARD INGRAMSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY MCDONALDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD CURTIS MCHENRYSergeant · December 21, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
From Englewood
- JOSEPH M KIERNAN JRLieutenant Colonel · June 3, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS GORDONCorporal · February 17, 1968
- JEROME MENTERPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 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.