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RALPH MARTIN JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – August 24, 1970
Service recordRalph Martin Johnson, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 4
- CARL EDWARD DUNNCorporal · August 25, 1970
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK HEARSCH JRCorporal · August 25, 1970
- JOHN JASSOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.