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RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1949 – August 17, 1970
Service recordRichard Keith Johnston, of Brownsville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 118
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 118
- CURTIS CRAIG COLYEARCorporal · August 17, 1970
- PAUL ALLEN DEMALINESpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1970
- MOSES EDWARD JONESPrivate · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 119
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 119
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 120
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 121
From Brownsville
- WILLIE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 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.