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RONALD JOHN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRonald John Johnson, of Quimby, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Quimby, Iowa (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 3
- RONALD GENE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- EVARISTO PACKECO JOHNSTONLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRSergeant · February 7, 1968
- LOWEN LEON JONESSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREG BLAINE BELEWSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 78
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 79
- RONALD GENE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 3
- JOSEPH MANDARINOPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 6
- BOBBY L PORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 10
- RICHARD MARTIN VASKOPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 17
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.