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RODNEY W JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1942 – February 23, 1968
Service recordRodney W Johnson, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 76
- VICTOR GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- JACK GALE KRIDERCorporal · February 23, 1968
- DELBERT LOUIS LEASURECorporal · February 23, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD LEHRPrivate · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE HICKSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 74
- JOSE ANGEL SALDIVARPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 3
- DENNIS LEE SIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 3
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 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.