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KENT LEROY JOHNSTONE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1944 – February 4, 1967
Service recordKent Leroy Johnstone, of Amery, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Amery, Wisconsin (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 117
- WILLIAM DON DAUGHERTYPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
- GARY LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LEECorporal · February 4, 1967
From Amery
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- DALE RODNEY KARPENSKESergeant First Class · March 9, 1968
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.