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RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – September 26, 1966
Service recordRichard Charles Johnson, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · September 26, 1966
- HENRY LEE MOSBURGCaptain · September 26, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- MARVIN FOSTER PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD LOUIS CONEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 19
- ROBERT FRANCIS GRUNDMANMajor · Panel 11E, Line 19
- JAMES WILLIS HOLLIDAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 20
- CHARLES WONDREWS TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 21
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.