THE WALL OF FACES

Milo and I were best friends at Richmond Academy in Augusta GA. We were in the school band, he played tenor sax and was Drum Major leading the band. We hiked along the Appalachian Trail one summer and again in the winter. He went off to NGC and I went off to GA Tech.
I took Milo’s passing well but in 1998 when attending a conference in DC I visited the Viet Nam memorial wall and broke down when I saw his name. He was preparing to go into dentistry after high school. He would have made an excellent one, he excelled at everything he did and set an example for me in high school which enabled me to later get my BS and Masters degree. I will miss him forever. I hope his family is doing well.
Claude Hutcheson

Remember to save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go...

Dear Captain Milo Johnson, Thank you for your service as a Training Center Unit Officer. Today is your 80th birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

MILO JOHNSON WAS A NGC CLASSMATE AND MY RANGER BUDDY AT FT BENNING, GA. HIS SON POSTED THAT HE GRADUATED MAY 1960 BUT WE GRADUATED MAY 61. SEVERAL OF US WENT THE DAY AFTER GRADUATION DIRECTLY TO FT BENNING TO 2D INF DIV. OUR RANGER CLASS STARTED NOV 61 AND WE GRADUATED JAN 62. HAD TO GO DURING COLDEST CONDITIONS EXCEPT FOR FLORIDA PHASE.

CPT Milo P. Johnson was a training center unit officer assigned to Advisory Team 97, Headquarters, MACV Advisors, MACV. On September 1, 1967, CPT Johnson was at Cao Lanh Regional Forces Training Center at Cao Lanh Air Field in Phuoc Tuy Province, RVN, where he was fatally injured as a result of a gunshot wound he received when mistaken for a hostile force while entering an unauthorized area. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]