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JOHNNY CALVIN PRESTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1939 – May 24, 1967
Service recordJohnny Calvin Preston, of Ft Valley, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 97
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Valley, Georgia (Peach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 97
- BRIAN ROSS NORFLEETPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN OSHEAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1967
- RODNEY DOUGLAS PICKETTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- FRED STEWART ROTHPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHERLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 99
From Ft Valley
- MORRIS LAROSCO MCDANIEL JRColonel · October 4, 1967
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.