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GEORGE SALVATORE YOHNNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – July 12, 1966
Service recordGeorge Salvatore Yohnnson, of Moorestown, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Moorestown, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 19
- GARY LEE SUNDETPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE BARTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKISpecialist Four · July 13, 1966
- FELIPE VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · July 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 18
From Moorestown
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- HOWARD HERCHER MAYERCorporal · December 3, 1968
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1968
- WALTER PHILLIP SEEL JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
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.