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GERALD JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1951 – February 25, 1971
Service recordGerald Johnson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 5
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 14, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 5
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · February 25, 1971
- EDWARD A JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- DAVID DOUGLAS PEOPLES JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODSCorporal · February 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TOMMIE BAINESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 4
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 5
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 6
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.