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GERALD DEAN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – November 7, 1969
Service recordGerald Dean Johnson, of Edgerton, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 43
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 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Edgerton, Minnesota (Pipestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 43
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLINCorporal · November 7, 1969
- CHARLES CRAWFORD NAPPERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY MARIAN FIRAKSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 42
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.