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ROBERT ERNEST JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – July 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Ernest Johnson, of Greenville, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 101
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- MARK THOMAS LINDERMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE MORROWGunnery Sergeant · July 21, 1967
From Greenville
- ROBERT LOUIS TRACYPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 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.