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ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1945 – March 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Edward Johnson, of Franklin Park, Illinois, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 12, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Franklin Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 69
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From Franklin Park
- VERNON ARTHUR MANHEIM JRLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
- RUSSELL MARTIN ERICKSONCorporal · July 24, 1968
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.