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DAVID ALLEN JOHNSTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Johnston, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Canal Winchester, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 25
- WILLIE JUNIOR HUDSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · March 3, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL KALTERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- KENNETH ROSS KENTSergeant · March 3, 1969
From Canal Winchester
- RODNEY FRANKLIN STEVENSSpecialist Four · August 4, 1969
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.