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ROY ALBERT JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1949 – July 10, 1970
Service recordRoy Albert Johnson, of Carthage, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Carthage, South Dakota (Miner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 8
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · July 10, 1970
- DENNIS KEITH MARTINSergeant · July 10, 1970
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1970
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOHN BOHANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 6
- VICTOR LEE DEFOORCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 7
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 7
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 8
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.