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RALPH EDWARD JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1930 – August 30, 1969
Service recordRalph Edward Johnson, of Wellington, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (63Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Wellington, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 11
- ROBERT ALAN HANEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KELLEYStaff Sergeant · August 30, 1969
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · August 30, 1969
From Wellington
- OLLIS BREWSTERStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
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.