California’s War Dead

    Robert S. Johnson

    Robert S. Johnson, 23

    Army, Staff Sergeant
    Forward Operating Base Marez, Mosul, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Seaside
    He wanted to serve his country. It was his own decision and I supported it. I told him, 'Just come home to me.'
    — Peter Johnson, father

    Johnson was among 22 people killed when a suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside a mess tent near Mosul. He was in line to take over his family's heating and air-conditioning business, but chose to leave home at 18 to enlist in the Army.
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    One memory of Robert S. Johnson

    RIP, fellow brother in arms

    — jeff
    November 11, 2012 at 1:54 p.m.
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