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GARY CLARENCE JOHNSTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – April 16, 1970
Service recordGary Clarence Johnston, of Archer City, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Archer City, Texas (Archer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 14
- EDWARD LINCOLN HUBLER JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1970
- PAUL SCOTT MANDRACCHIALance Corporal · April 16, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
From Archer City
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · August 15, 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.