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GERALD JAMES JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1929 – February 5, 1969
Service recordGerald James Johnson, of Round Lake, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 62
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Round Lake, Minnesota (Nobles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 62
- BRUCE BRYANT BERNSTEINPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS EDMONDSCorporal · February 5, 1969
- JAMES LEONARD FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- ALVIN GORDON JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 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.