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DONEL RAY JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1946 – June 11, 1966
Service recordDonel Ray Johnson, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 37
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 37
- OLIVER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- GLEN DORSE LOFTONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 33
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 33
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DAVID GRADEY BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- HENRY BURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 34
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- THOMAS W CHATBURN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- WILLIE COLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 35
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 35
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 36
- CHARLES EVANS FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 38
- RICHARD A MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 39
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.