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ROGER LEE JOHNSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – September 28, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Johnson JR, of Flat River, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Special Forces, Psychological Operations Officer (39305)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Flat River, Missouri (St Francois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 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.