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RANDOLPH LEROY JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – February 20, 1971
Service recordRandolph Leroy Johnson, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 20, 1971, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 124
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 20, 1971
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 124
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · February 20, 1971
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE JOHNSONTechnical Sergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH ACALOTTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 122
- DAVID MURRAY MAYCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 125
- JON ERIC REIDChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.