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RALPH EDWARD JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRalph Edward Johnson, of East Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 76
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- East Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 76
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- AMIL JACKSON JRCorporal · January 25, 1969
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 78
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 80
From East Orange
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- BRADLEY ELLIS CLARKSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · September 19, 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.