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GERALD LEE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGerald Lee Johnson, of Sheridan, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 18
- GREGORY THOMAS INDRECCLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- JEROME EDWARD JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE JANEWAYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE EDWIN CHERVONYSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 6
- JERRY RICHARD DUNDASSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 10
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 11
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 15
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 23
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 23
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- MILTON PHILLIP POTIERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
- WILLIAM ALLEN REESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 28
- CRAIG COLLINS WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Sheridan
- BENJAMIN ELMER SCOLLEYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1966
- GUY THOMAS JONESSergeant · March 8, 1968
- SCOTT CLAYMON DELPHPetty Officer First Class · June 21, 1968
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.