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ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Leonard Johnson JR, of Rosedale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Rosedale, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 17
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- JOHN LEE COLEMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BYRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 15
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 17
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD DEVONE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 20
- THOMAS MARVIN HOLCOMBEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 21
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 24
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 26
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 26
From Rosedale
- BRADLEY JAMES CARSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM ROSOLIECorporal · March 31, 1968
- JAMES KEVIN KELLYLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD BOONESpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.