FORCE RECON Johnson, Richard Sandusky,Jr

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Johnson​

• FORENAME

Richard Sandusky,Jr (Dick)​

• UNIT

1 Recon Bn (D Company) (1 MarDiv)​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-94438​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th March 1967​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

New Bern Memorial Cemetery,Trent Woods,Craven County,North Carolina Section A​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Tuscumbia,Alabama​

born 24.10.1943 New Bern,North Carolina​

son of Colonel Richard Sandusky and Mrs Johnson​

father (1914-93) served USMC in WW2,Korea and Vietnam​

husband of Elizabeth (nee Scovil) Johnson​

attended University of North Carolina September 1963-June 1966​

commissioned USMC 6.6.1966​

TBS,MSC,Quantico,Virginia 16.6.1966​

The Basic School 23.11.1966​

1 Recon Bn 12.2.1967​

KIA Quang Ngai Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17E Line 52​

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2nd LT Richard Johnson's great-grandfather, General W.A. Johnson, served with the 4th Alabama Calvary during the Civil War and his great-grand-uncle, General Albert Sidney Johnson, was in command of Rebel forces at Shiloh, where he was mortally wounded. His father, Colonel Richard S. Johnson, was regimental commander of replacement troop training at Camp Lejeune and a veteran of Guadalcanal in World War II.​