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RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1950 – August 10, 1969
Service recordRichard Arno Johnson JR, of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 123
- JAMES CRAIG HARMONSergeant · August 10, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT HILLIARDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · August 10, 1969
From Wallingford
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- RENALD LUDGER GAGNEPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.