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BOBBY CAL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – June 24, 1969
Service recordBobby Cal Johnson, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 8
- MICHAEL DEWAYNE HAMPTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- HUGH BRYANT HOLMESEnsign · June 24, 1969
- RODNEY ALAN JANNETTACorporal · June 24, 1969
- JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEYSecond Lieutenant · June 24, 1969
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.