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CLEMENT B JOHNSTON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1947 – April 28, 1966
Service recordClement B Johnston JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 5
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 5
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- ANTHONY ANGELO GENNOCROSpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- MICHAEL A NEWKIRKCorporal · April 28, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.