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ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – April 3, 1969
Service recordRobert Thomas Johnson, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 6
- ARTHUR GENE ECKLUNDMajor · April 3, 1969
- D J KELSEYSergeant First Class · April 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KLCOSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONDON CONAWAYCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 4
- D J KELSEYSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 6
- ROBERT NICHOLAS PRETESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 7
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.