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WILLIAM ARTHUR JOHNSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arthur Johnsen, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 10
- BERNARD W EDWARDS JRLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- JAMES LEWIS JENNINGSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- JERRY HAMPTON JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.