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TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordTommy Wayne Johnston, of Bellflower, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 23
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- JACK PATRICK COTTERELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
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.