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RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – August 4, 1966
Service recordRay Eldridge Johnson, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOHN ROBERT BURNSCaptain · August 4, 1966
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · August 4, 1966
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 106
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.