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DAVID NEAL JOHNSTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – February 25, 1972
Service recordDavid Neal Johnston, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1972; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 111
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- RONALD JOHN MANCACorporal · February 25, 1972
- WILLIAM J MORGANMajor · February 25, 1972
- ALBERT WARD SMARR JRColonel · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ERROL CLARKESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 109
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 110
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- WILLIAM ASHLEY GUNNELLSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 110
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 111
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 1968
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.