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ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1945 – June 20, 1966
Service recordRobert Charles Johnson, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 67
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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
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 67
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD MCDONOUGHLieutenant · June 20, 1966
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REINER WALTER BIEROWSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 64
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- LELAND RICHARD COTTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 65
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 65
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 66
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 66
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 68
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 69
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.