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DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1946 – May 29, 1966
Service recordDavid William Johnston, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 119
- R B MARCHBANKS JRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- NOEL DON MARRLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD RALPH ROUNDTREEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- ESTEBAN MORALES ALVAREZLance Corporal · July 4, 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.