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JOHNNY WAYNE GOULD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1941 – April 17, 1967
Service recordJohnny Wayne Gould, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · April 17, 1967
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JAMES CARLOS HELTONMaster Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- FITZ-RANDOLPH BU MCBRIDECaptain · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JRSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 42
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Crestview
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.