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SFC JOE LOUIS JOHNSON
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| Johnson arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to Weapons Platoon. He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. Read the newspaper account of December 29, 1967. |
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Medals and Awards Purple Heart Combat Infantryman Badge National Defense Service Vietnam Service Vietnam Campaign Medal Jump Wings Unit Citations |
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 This is in the Mississippi Vietnam's Memorial in Ocean Springs; Panel 54W. |
| JOE LOUIS JOHNSON PSGT - E7 - Army - Regular - 101st Airborne Division - Gulfport, MS. Length of service 10 years. His tour began on Dec 13, 1967. Casualty was on Dec 29, 1967 in HUA NGHIA, SOUTH VIETNAM, NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE (A mortar round was fired with a 200 millimeter error in deflection). Body was recovered. Panel 32E - Line 94 |
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New Hope CME Church Cemetery - Georgia |
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Platoon Sergeant Joe Louis Johnson died December 29,1967 in Hua Nghia,
South Vietnam due to friendly fire. |
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BIRTH unknown DEATH 19 Mar 1967 BURIAL -New Hope CME Church Cemetery,Sharon, Taliaferro County, Georgia, USA, MEMORIAL ID 191804131 |
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