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GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – September 17, 1968
Service recordGary Francis Johnston, of Wexford, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Wexford, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 16
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ISSENMANNPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- G B JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES KISSINGERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN BURKESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE RONDOCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 21
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · Panel 43W, Line 24
From Wexford
- THOMAS RUSSELL KISNERSergeant First Class · December 21, 1967
- PAUL DAVID GROSICKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
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.