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ROBERT FRED JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1944 – February 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Fred Johnson JR, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 37E, Line 9
- RUDOLPH V CISTARO JRPrivate · February 3, 1968
- LARRY HUGH JONESSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS KARDOSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE M KORECKICaptain · February 3, 1968
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.