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RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 4, 1936 – January 17, 1965
Service recordRichard Sherwin Johnson, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (82163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 82
- LYAL HANCIL ERWINCaptain · January 15, 1965
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- THURSTON A GRIFFITH JRFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1965
- GERALD A BINGERStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- THURSTON A GRIFFITH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1E, Line 82
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
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.