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ROY MARVIN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1946 – August 20, 1968
Service recordRoy Marvin Johnson, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 9
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- MICHEAL RAY HARLAMERTWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.