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GARY MORGAN JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1943 – February 5, 1969
Service recordGary Morgan Johnson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- February 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 64
- WILTON NEIL HATTONMaster Sergeant · February 5, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
- JAMES RONALD MCNISHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 66
- OTHA LENSEY POOLECaptain · Panel 33W, Line 68
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.