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ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 28, 1945 – January 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Lamar Johnson, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Hendersonville, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 65
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · January 25, 1970
- RONALD DAVID HECKSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- THOMAS JAMES KORDOSKYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
From Hendersonville
- ARTHUR WAYNE WILKIESpecialist Four · January 16, 1967
- BILLY LEWIS STRICKLANDCorporal · January 24, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · January 17, 1969
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
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.