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JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONE
Captain · U.S. Army
May 4, 1938 – November 19, 1966
Service recordJames Montgomery Johnstone, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 131 AVN CO
- Born
- May 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 86
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- TED BELCHERSergeant · November 19, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
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.