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RONALD JAMES JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordRonald James Johnson, of North Bend, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- North Bend, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 7
- CHARLES DAVID HOMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 17, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
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.