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JOHNNY WILLIAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1945 – February 13, 1967
Service recordJohnny Williams, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 26
- JOSEPH GERALD KRYWICKIFireman · September 13, 1966
- R C PERRY JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.