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RONALD EUGENE JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1948 – July 8, 1967
Service recordRonald Eugene Johnson, of Vinton, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- October 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Vinton, Iowa (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 36
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS GREGORY JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- ANTHONY KENT JOHNSONCaptain · July 8, 1967
- SZOLTON SIGMOND KLEINPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
From Vinton
- JOE LYNN FOWLERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1969
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
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.