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GORDON MICHAEL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – September 11, 1970
Service recordGordon Michael Johnson, of Oviedo, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Oviedo, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 55
- DENNIS JOHN BULLOCKSeaman · September 11, 1970
- GARY BRUCE GLASSFORDSpecialist Five · September 11, 1970
- LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · September 11, 1970
From Oviedo
- HENRY ARNOLD SHIVERSpecialist Four · April 11, 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.