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PAUL KINARD JOHNSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordPaul Kinard Johnston, of Sterlington, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 36
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sterlington, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 36
- DONALD CECIL JOHNSStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- THOMAS ROGER KEPPENFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- PATRICK DANIEL KOPPPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DUANE BENNETTCorporal · Panel 53W, Line 32
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 39
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 41
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 41
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.