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TERRY RANDALL JOHNSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordTerry Randall Johnston, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 33
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 33
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- EMANUEL JONES JRSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- BENJAMIN F LEWIS JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1969
- TERRY WAYNE LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 30
- RICHARD BLAINE PROVEAUXPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 36
- DONALD MICHAEL WAYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 37
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.