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RALPH EDWARD JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1948 – November 21, 1967
Service recordRalph Edward Johnson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 57
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 57
- ROY RONALD LEESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM LINDGRENSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROLAND WILL MANUELStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.