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GERALD VICTOR JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1936 – August 24, 1965
Service recordGerald Victor Johnson, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 57
- JAMES ROBERT LUTEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1966
- RONALD ELWOOD NELSONLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- ARVEL DEWIT AKERSLance Corporal · January 8, 1966
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CONVERY JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 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.