JOHNSTON SIDNEY K

CPT Sidney K Johnston was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 03/01/1968 at the age of 26.7 (Exact date not known.) from Drowning
Ft. Wolters, TX
Flight Class 65-18
Date of Birth 06/02/1941
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 1 CAV
This information was provided by William D. Bell

More detail on this person: Got tangled in fishing line while fishing with his son at Ft. Wolters and drowned. War Vet Drowns in Rescue Try REKLAW, Tex., (AP) - A U.S. Army helicopter pilot just home from Vietnam drowned Sunday in an Eastern Texas lake in a futile attempt to save his 4-year-old son. Capt. Sidney K. Johnston, 26, holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Army Commendation Medal and the Air Medal with 15 clusters, and his and his father-in-law, Dr. L.D. Myers, dove into the lake when the boy, Sidney M. Johnston, fell out of the fishing boat. Both men became tangled in trout line hooks. Dr. Myers managed to free himself but before he could bring the boat around, both father and son disappeared in 20 feet of water.

Burial information: Roselawn Cemetery, Mangum, OK

This information was last updated 01/10/2019

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024