David A. Johnston
David Alexander Johnston was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was one of the 57 people killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six miles (10 km) away on the morning of May 18, 1980. He was the first to report the eruption, transmitting "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" before he was swept away by a lateral blast. Despite a thorough search, Johnston's body was never found, but state highway workers discovered remnants of his USGS trailer in 1993.
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Male
Date of Birth
December 18th, 1949
Age
74
Birth Place
United States of America, Illinois
Date of Death
May 18th, 1980
Died Aged
30
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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