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RAY ELLSWORTH JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1946 – November 21, 1966
Service recordRay Ellsworth Johnson, of Alexandria, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 101
- CHARLES LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- HARVEY JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- MARION EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CARROLL HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- HARRY LEE POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
- JIMMY LINWOOD RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 105
From Alexandria
- BILLIE ORR KEANStaff Sergeant · March 16, 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.