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CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1943 – November 5, 1967
Service recordCharles Kenneth Johnston, of Clarendon, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Clarendon, Texas (Donley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 25
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- RICHARD CLAYTON LANGSJOENCorporal · November 5, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ELROY BALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 23
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 24
From Clarendon
- DEAN AMICK WADSWORTHCaptain · October 8, 1963
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.