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RONALD HAROLD JOHNSON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 30, 1945 – April 28, 1967
Service recordRonald Harold Johnson, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 28, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 109
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- JOHN HENRY HOLLANDLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- BOB JEWITTAirman Third Class · April 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANK LEONECorporal · April 28, 1967
- JULIAN MARINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- JAMES WALTER CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 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.