Johnnie Paul Winfrey Obituary

Johnnie Paul Winfrey attended Bay City High School in Bay City, TX. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Johnnie Paul Winfrey.

Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Date of Passing	Sep 18, 1965
About	The war in Viet Nam suddenly seemed much more real to Bay City and Matagorda County today. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Winfrey of [Bay City] received a telegram Sunday morning that their son, Johnnie, was killed "as a result of hostile action" while serving with the 101st Airborne Division, the famous "Screaming Eagles," in Viet Nam. The Winfrey's received the telegram from the Department of The Army at 11:30 a.m. It was signed by Major General J. C. Lambert, Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. Funeral services for Winfrey, at a time yet to be determined, will be in St. Paul's Methodist Church here with Rev. Preston Dumas and Rev. George Townley officiating. Interment will be in Forest Park Cemetery, near Webster on the Gulf Freeway in the Greater Houston Area. Johnnie entered the Army on May 6, 1963, completed his basic training at Camp Polk, La., completed paratroop training at Fort Benning, Ga., special forces school at Fort Bragg, N.C., and then transferred to the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell, Ky., on June 18. He arrived in Viet Nam July 28 as a member of the 101st. He was a PFC. The wording of the Army telegram said "Winfrey was killed as a result of hostile action while with his unit engaged in search and destroy operations. The unit engaged a hostile action group in small arms ground fire. Complete circumstances are unknown." Johnnie was a member of the Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, and the Woodmen of the World. Survivors besides his parents include his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Patton and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Carr of Houston. http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/56853/JOHNNIE-P-WINFREY