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WILFRED C JOHNSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – September 5, 1966
Service recordWilfred C Johnson JR, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 70
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM B HILL JRSergeant First Class · September 5, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS HUFFINECaptain · September 5, 1966
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 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.