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RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – May 7, 1967
Service recordRichard Arnold Johnson, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 52
- JAY THOMAS HENSLEYPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH HERMANOWICZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOWELLPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- DANIEL MARK KASTENSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 53
From Escanaba
- ROBERT JOHN MORASFireman · December 4, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GARY EDWARD RUSHASpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 1971
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.