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VERNE LYLE JOHNSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – December 13, 1967
Service recordVerne Lyle Johnson JR, of Westmont, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Westmont, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 88
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- GENE FRANCIS LEESpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
From Westmont
- JAMES EDWARD JANKAStaff Sergeant · March 8, 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.