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JOHNNIE LINTON GARNER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1940 – September 2, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Linton Garner, of Bryan, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 83
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- June 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 83
- JON JOSEPH GIORGIANNILance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROY LEE GREENSAGEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GUNTER JRPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
From Bryan
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- EUGENE C OATES IIICaptain · August 4, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 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.