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RONALD LEE JOHNSTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1942 – March 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Johnston, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 AVN CO 16 AVN GRP
- Born
- March 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 69
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONAirman First Class · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 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.