S/Sgt Johnson was a gunner on B-24J #42-73064, assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. The plane crashed taking off from Pandaveswar airbase in India on a bombing mission, and all aboard were killed.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
Additional Monument in Nanjing, China:
Richard L. Johnson served as an aviator in WWII and was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on "The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan" in Nanjing, China (see Monument photo attached).
S/Sgt Johnson was a gunner on B-24J #42-73064, assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. The plane crashed taking off from Pandaveswar airbase in India on a bombing mission, and all aboard were killed.
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
Additional Monument in Nanjing, China:
Richard L. Johnson served as an aviator in WWII and was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on "The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan" in Nanjing, China (see Monument photo attached).
Gravesite Details
Section 5- Row 13
Family Members
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Dorothy G. Johnson Heilman-Shaw
1901–1938
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Zola Myrtle Johnson Grunder
1903–1985
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Walter Edward "Pud" Johnson
1904–1975
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Louis B. Johnson
1907–1998
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Thelma Melissa Johnson Rummel
1908–1991
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Leora Anna Johnson Murphy
1910–1996
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Adeline Johnson Dutton
1912–2007
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Charles Joseph Johnson
1914–1916
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Karl David Johnson
1918–1992
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