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GARY DALE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordGary Dale Johnson, of Baldwin City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Baldwin City, Kansas (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 61
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · February 16, 1968
- HERBERT DON HAMMONSLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- DONALD ALVIN HIERLMEIERPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 59
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 59
- GERALD LEE MILBRODTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 63
- CULLEN WOOD QUINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 65
From Baldwin City
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1970
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.