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GREGORY BERT JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordGregory Bert Johnson, of Ballwin, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Ballwin, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 122
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD RAY HERRINPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 119
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 120
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 123
- CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAUCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 123
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 125
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 126
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- ODELL JACK WERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
From Ballwin
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE MITCHELLCorporal · August 1, 1970
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · August 7, 1970
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.