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JACK CRAVEN JOHNSTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – July 26, 1969
Service recordJack Craven Johnston JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20W, Line 50
- TOMMY HUERTAPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- RAY GENE HUFFPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- ARNOLD BRYAN JACKSONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- RICHARD KEMP LARSONSergeant · July 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 47
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.