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EDWARD CHARLES JOHNSTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 12, 1944 – August 13, 1970
Service recordEdward Charles Johnston, of Hines, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 108
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Hines, Oregon (Harney County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 108
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- NICHOLAS G JOHNSON SRStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE OONKLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- JOHN PARKER POWELLCaptain · August 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LEROY BAHRKE JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 106
From Hines
- RALPH GENE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.