- SURNAME
Johnston
- FORENAME
Clement B.,Jr (Snuffy)
- UNIT
1 Recon Bn (D Company) (1 MarDiv)
- RANK
Lance Corporal
- NUMBER
2116397
- DATE OF DEATH
28th April 1966
- AGE
18
- GRAVESITE
Allegheny Cemetery,Pittsburgh,Allegheny County,Pennsylvania
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
born 12.7.1947 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
single
1 year service
award Navy Cross (posthumous)
1 Recon Bn's first loss in Vietnam
DOW near Xuan Ngoc,Quang Ngai Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 07E Line 5
DATE OF DEATH:
28-Apr-1966AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/johnston-clement-b-jr.44842/CITATION:
Navy Cross : The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lance Corporal Clement B. Johnston, Jr. (MCSN: 2116397), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as a member of a reconnaissance platoon, Company D, First Reconnaissance Battalion, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet Marine Force, in action against enemy Viet Cong forces in the vicinity of Xuan Ngoc Village in Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 28 April 1966. Corporal Johnston, a fellow Marine, and a Navy Corpsman were occupying a position when an undetermined number of insurgents (Viet Cong) quietly approached their location and threw two hand grenades into their midst. Corporal Johnston saw one of the grenades and leaped at his companions, knocking them to the ground and shielding them from the blast of the grenade. In so doing he absorbed the terrific force of the explosion and saved his friends from major injuries and possible loss of life. Corporal Johnston's courageous action and selfless devotion to duty upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom.
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