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JAMES ROBERT JOHNSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1943 – November 16, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Johnson, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 79
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- SAMMY JONES JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 79
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.