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RALPH WILLIAM JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1950 – October 24, 1969
Service recordRalph William Johnson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 112
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 112
- RODNEY RAY COLLINSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS DEMARCHESSergeant First Class · October 24, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT HAGY JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
- HENRY RAYMOND LAMBERTStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ADAYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 111
- STEVEN BOALFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 111
- BENTON BROWNSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 111
- HENRY RAYMOND LAMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 112
- DAVID LEE SACKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 114
- VERNON JOSEPH SEGERCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 114
- RONALD SOWELLSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 114
- THOMAS DAVID TOMASZEWSKICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 115
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.