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JOHNNY WILLIAMS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – September 13, 1967
Service recordJohnny Williams JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 69
- MICHAEL STEPHEN WILSFORDLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MARVIN KROSSENSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 66
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.