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ROBERT ALAN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1944 – May 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Alan Johnson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 97
- GREGORY DALE JENKINSPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOWARD ESTERGRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 94
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.