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OBBIE JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordObbie Johnson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOHN MARTIN JOHNSONCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL TERRY LATHAMLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 9
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.