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CHARLES RAY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordCharles Ray Johnson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 40
- ERNEST CECIL JAMISONSergeant · April 24, 1969
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN MARTINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.