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WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Darrell Johnson, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 19, 1968
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34E, Line 77
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- BYRON STEVEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 74
- DENNIS EARL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 76
- DONALD LAWRENCE GLOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 76
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
- TIMOTHY MARK NAFESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 80
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Rocky Mount
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JRSergeant · March 6, 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.