Deadliest Soldier on record with 2,746 confirmed kills

[esrice]

I recognized this soldier's name from the Atterbury Appleseed shoot many INGOers attended recently.

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...le_rifles_sponsored_by_wolf_iwi_mach_1_a.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/appleseed/300720-cj_dillards_book.html

Turns out he's got quite the kill history.

EXCLUSIVE: Sgt. 1st Class Dillard Johnson is the US military’s deadliest soldier - NYPOST.com

Out of curiosity, how does the military confirm kills exactly? Do all soldiers come away knowing how many kills they have? Always wondered that.

 

[singlestacksig]

how to they count it? In just raw kills I suspect Thomas W. Ferebee holds the record..
Thomas Ferebee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Trigger Time]

Need someone else to see a body. Like your spotter. A drone. Ect. The kill is verified. It's data that is saved. People who blow it off as just a random number that doesn't matter is full of it and just trying not to sound like a deranged physco for the media basically. You want that count! Because the higher the number the more coalition or civilian lives you've saved.

 

[BrinNutz]

Book pre-ordered on Amazon...looking forward to the read.

 

[LeadPharmer]

He counted the dead by tallying rifles — and human heads — among the mangled or charred wreckage left behind by the Carnivore.

Well, if that doesn't indicate the decimation laid down by a Bradley, I don't know what does.

 

[SmileDocHill]

America

His interview with Fox.

 

[rambone]

U.S. Soldier tells of killing 2,746 people during American invasion of Iraq

“It’s sort of sad to say, but they’re just another pencil mark,” Johnson told The Post, referring to his journal notations. “I didn’t think of the numbers . . . That’s not a boast I would make.”

“In my mind, I never killed anyone who wasn’t trying to kill me or trying to do harm.”

Imagine... invading a country, toppling its government, and people want to do harm to you. Terrorists.


Sgt. 1st Class Dillard Johnson is the deadliest US soldier on record - with 2,746 kills

 

[spectre327]

He seems to have a semblance of respect for himself. I wonder how much of that is media inflated lies.

I respect our soldiers, I just hate when our media takes a situation like this into their hands

 

[-Jake-]

I'll probably be buying that book

 

[ViperJock]

I'm about halfway through his book. Pretty much just declares stuff as fact; as opposed to reveling in the killing or anything. It was a war. He was a soldier. His book is actually one of the better autobiographical war books I've read. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. Don't fault a soldier for being damn good at his job. You want to complain about the war, complain about the politicians that sent our soldiers there.

BTW the article even says "Its a mantle which he is unwilling to embrace."

 

[BigMatt]

Don't fault a soldier for being damn good at his job. You want to complain about the war, complain about the politicians that sent our soldiers there.

Correct. The soldier is merely the killing machine with the strings being pulled by our politicians.

 

[-Jake-]

Check out the reviews on Amazon. Interesting.... Maybe he is a fraud. I was confused how he went from a Bradley commander to a sniper then back to commanding a bradley?? That doesn't make any sense IMO.

 

[MPH]

I respect him for his service. I also feel sorry for him, and hope he gets help when the inevitable PTSD arrives. It's bad enough when you have to kill someone, let alone the amount he did.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

The authors were at the recent Atterbury Appleseed event. CJ seems like a decent fellow and I'm reading the book now. I have not gotten to combat yet, but there are some pretty funny parts. The chapter on Lipstick Lizards had me laughing at lunch today.

I'm also curious as to how he went from Bradley to Sniper, etc. That said, I looked him up in the Army's narrative of the invasion and they mention him by name getting his Bradley right in the middle of a hornet's nest during the invasion and I have seen references to his uniform and rifle log book being in the Ft Stewart museum. I checked his claim of having a silver star on .mil's list and it verifies.

 

[BrinNutz]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ier_on_record_with_2_746_confirmed_kills.html

 

[spectre327]

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. Don't fault a soldier for being damn good at his job. You want to complain about the war, complain about the politicians that sent our soldiers there.

BTW the article even says "Its a mantle which he is unwilling to embrace."

You misunderstood me.
I fully respect the man. I understand the role of a soldier. As a highly trained killing mechanism.

What I meant is that our media has a tendency to take the stories of our vets and twist them for profit, usually identifying only key points and exaggerating others to keep consumer interest. I hate when a vet has the opportunity to get his word out and the result is actually alot less than a truthful rendition of his life, service, etc.

I meant absolutely no disrespect to him or our armed services, just hoped he got the respect from the ones portraying him.

 

[ces6508]

How or why do you keep count?

 

[hornadylnl]

How or why do you keep count?

So you can cash in on a book deal?

 

[Meezer]

How or why do you keep count?

body counts are part of the military SOP. Someone is always ordered to get a tally.

 

[SmileDocHill]

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