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GARY ALAN JOHNSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 3, 1947 – April 30, 1969
Service recordGary Alan Johnson, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 84
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 84
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · April 30, 1969
- GLENN ALLYN GORDONMajor · April 30, 1969
- STEPHEN THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DANNY WAYNE JARVISSergeant · April 30, 1969
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
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.