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RICHARD JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 7, 1947 – March 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Johnson, of Glassboro, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Glassboro, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 67
- CHARLES TIMOTHY JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSONSergeant · March 4, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT W KOIVUPALO JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS B ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 60
- RICHARD LEE CLAVERIESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 62
- GEORGE ROBERT HUTCHINSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 66
- JAMES RICHARD TOMLINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
From Glassboro
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DOUGLAS EALEYSergeant · October 19, 1968
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
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.