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RICHARD S JOHNSON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1943 – March 26, 1967
Service recordRichard S Johnson JR, of Tuscumbia, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Tuscumbia, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 52
- JOHN R HUBBARDSergeant Major · March 26, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JAMES JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
- RANCE A KIRBYCaptain · March 26, 1967
From Tuscumbia
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 3, 1966
- DANNY WAYNE PACEPrivate · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KINGFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- DORIS WAYNE CLARKSpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
- STEVIE TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- ALLEN LOUIS JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1972
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.