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JOHNNY WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1948 – November 2, 1969
Service recordJohnny Williams, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 21
- ERIC EUGENE GITTENSSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- LAWRENCE W WHITFORD JRColonel · November 2, 1969
- LABON RAPHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 20
- KEITH FRANK SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 20
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
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.