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ROBERT IRVIN JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1942 – November 1, 1966
Service recordRobert Irvin Johnson, of Keyport, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Keyport, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 5
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 1, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ALBERT FROMMPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 4
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 5
From Keyport
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JOSEPH SANTORISergeant · April 23, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH GATTISpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
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.