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ROBERT LEE JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1945 – November 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Johnson JR, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 60
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- LARRY VANN LYLELance Corporal · November 9, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE MAYSEYSergeant · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 55
- BARRY JAY BAKERCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 56
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 58
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 60
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 61
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.
