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CHARLES W JOHNSTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1940 – May 17, 1967
Service recordCharles W Johnston JR, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 17
- JAMES RICHARD MICHAELSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN MOOREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JASPER NEWTON NEWBERRY JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.