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JOHNNY GLEN GREGG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 28, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordJohnny Glen Gregg, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 66
- MARVIN JEROME GAINESSergeant · November 26, 1968
- GREGG HARTNESSColonel · November 26, 1968
- HAROLD DEAN HOUSKERCorporal · November 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY PASSAFUMEHospitalman · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 63
- JOHN STEPHEN ALLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- STEPHEN CARL BEALSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 64
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 64
- JAMES DONALD DORANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 38W, Line 65
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 65
- MARVIN JEROME GAINESSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 66
- ROBERT ERNEST JONESCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 68
- BOBBY JAMES PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PIETRO PICONISpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 68
- CURTIS HALL RAINERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 68
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.