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DONALD RAY JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – April 6, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Johnson, of Waco, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 89
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS KRECHPetty Officer First Class · April 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS A K BLEVINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 88
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 88
- JOHN EDGAR LITTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 90
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.