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GERALD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1943 – November 15, 1966
Service recordGerald Johnson, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 74
- BILLY RAY HUSSEYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS CLAYTON JACKSONGunnery Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES KEIPERStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- THOMAS C MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- ALFRED LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
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.