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HERBERT NICHOLAS JOHNSON
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1936 – October 29, 1968
Service recordHerbert Nicholas Johnson, of New York, New York, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 10, 1936
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 54
- CHARLES EDWARD HAZLIPSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- JOSEPH EMERSON HEATHSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- JAMES D HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL PRICEPrivate First Class · October 29, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.