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RONNIE WAYNE JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – May 14, 1969
Service recordRonnie Wayne Johnson, of Burke, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Burke, South Dakota (Gregory County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALAN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GERALD RICHARD HWANGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- GERALD JOHN KELLY JRCaptain · May 14, 1969
- JAMES CLAIRE KOPSENGStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 8
- DONALD WILLIAM VALLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 13
From Burke
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- DARWIN LYN LABAHNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
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.