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ROG JOHNSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 6, 1950 – January 22, 1971
Service recordRog Johnson, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 60
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1971; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 60
- RONNIE GORDON VAUGHANLance Corporal · January 21, 1971
- LARRY DAVID BEANStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
- KENNETH LOVELACEStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HARRIS PETTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 61
- FREDERICK ANTHONY VIGILSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 62
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.