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GARY STEVEN JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1949 – July 18, 1968
Service recordGary Steven Johnson, of Lockport, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Lockport, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 6
- ALVIN MACK LASTER JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- THOMAS GLEN LEDUCCorporal · July 18, 1968
- DENNIS STANLEY MALECLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
From Lockport
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE CARROLLPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
- FRANK JAY STRNADLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- LEO JUAN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- GLEN ALAN JACKSON IIIConstructionman · January 31, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 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.