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GEORGE ELDON JOHNSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1943 – December 24, 1965
Service recordGeorge Eldon Johnston, of Sullivan, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Sullivan, Missouri (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 37
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- ARDEN KEITH HASSENGERChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 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.