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W C JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1940 – November 16, 1967
Service recordW C Johnson, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 3
- EARL DALE JENKINS JRCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH EUGENE BYRDCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 103
- DAVID KEITH DEMORESTSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 1
- WILLIAM VELILLAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
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.