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GARY LYNN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – February 28, 1969
Service recordGary Lynn Johnson, of Grand Prairie, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 93
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Prairie, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 93
- JERRY DON HARSSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- WILBUR LEE HICKSCorporal · February 28, 1969
- DAVID KEITH JACOBSGAARDCaptain · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 91
- ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAKSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 91
- VITO VITROPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 94
From Grand Prairie
- JERRY DWAIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID EVANSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- DANNY CLARENCE BERRIERSergeant · February 27, 1970
- HARRY TRUMAN WILSONSergeant · June 4, 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.