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ROBERT WAYNE JOHNSON
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 15, 1935 – February 20, 1971
Service recordRobert Wayne Johnson, of Walden, Colorado, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 124
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
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Walden, Colorado (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 124
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · February 20, 1971
- JOHN CLARK HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
- RANDOLPH LEROY JOHNSONSergeant First Class · February 20, 1971
From Walden
- ROBERT JAMES HALLSergeant · February 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.