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EUGENE RICHARD JOHNSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1931 – November 23, 1971
Service recordEugene Richard Johnson, of Forestville, Connecticut, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 23, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 71
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 13, 1931
- Home of record
- Forestville, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 71
- RONNIE SHARPEPrivate First Class · November 20, 1971
- KEVIN JEFFREY HAUGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE ALTUSCaptain · November 23, 1971
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
From Forestville
- DAVID DENNIS OUELLETTEPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.