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RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – February 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Michael Johnson, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 68
- DUANE ALLEN HIPPLESergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES M JACKSONSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- RONALD DEE JEWELLSergeant · February 26, 1969
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CHARLES KOSKISpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 69
- JOHN RANDY TENNANTSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 71
From Kalispell
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · October 13, 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.