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GIDEON PICHA JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1931 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGideon Picha Johnson, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 18
- CHARLES FRENCH JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DUBOIS ROBERT JONESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE B BRAUGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 88
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · Panel 35E, Line 89
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 1
- ALFRED PATRICK L COFFROTHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 3
- SAM HARRIS GALLOWAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 9
- HELMUT GUSTAV LAKASZUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JAMES PERRY LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JOSEPH VIETO MARRONESpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 24
- RUSSELL E MILBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 25
- MICHAEL ALAN POGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 31
- JAMES STANCELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 38
- JAMES LEWIS WAGESSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 38
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM ZIEGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 44
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.