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WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Charles Johnson, of Leaksville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 13
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Leaksville, North Carolina (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 13
- HAROLD DEXTER GRIFFINCorporal · May 29, 1967
- RAUL CAMPOS GUTIERREZCorporal · May 29, 1967
- GARY LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 9
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 13
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 16
From Leaksville
- JERRY LAYNE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLARD GERALD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 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.