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ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 21, 1946 – February 1, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Johnston JR, of Alameda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 52
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- JOHN PETER HYLANDPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1968
- LEROY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY LISHSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 54
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 59
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
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.