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TOMMY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1950 – February 24, 1969
Service recordTommy Johnson, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 37
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Fitzgerald, Georgia (Ben Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 37
- VICTOR CARL JAUERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES LEVETTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- HAROLD ST CLAIR LEWISSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- ADALBERTO R E VERDUGOSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
From Fitzgerald
- WAYNE LEE EVITTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SPIRESLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 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.