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ROSS ARNOLD JOHNSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRoss Arnold Johnson JR, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 20
- ROBERT WAYNE JANTZWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- LEE ELMER MOORE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1969
- MELVIN DAVID MORGAN JRSpecialist Five · January 2, 1969
- JAMES CLIFFORD NICHOLSONSergeant First Class · January 2, 1969
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.