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GARY RAY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1947 – December 14, 1967
Service recordGary Ray Johnson, of Silverton, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 92
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Silverton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 92
- PHILIP STEPHEN HOLLAWAYLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD HUESTISConstructionman · December 14, 1967
- PATRICK MICHAEL JORDANLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- ARTHUR R KEELINGPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR R KEELINGPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 92
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 95
- LOUIS WAYNE WADLINGTONSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
From Silverton
- DAVID CHARLES ORFIELDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSONSpecialist Five · October 24, 1969
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
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.