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BOBBY RAY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – May 4, 1969
Service recordBobby Ray Johnson, of Clinchco, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Textile Repairman (43J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Clinchco, Virginia (Dickenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 111
- DENNIS RUSSEL GUSTAFSONCorporal · May 4, 1969
- WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
From Clinchco
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
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.