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WILLIAM E JOHNSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1949 – October 9, 1970
Service recordWilliam E Johnston, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 121
- CHARLES ERNEST KOBERLEINSeaman · October 9, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES MCLAURINStaff Sergeant · October 9, 1970
- JACK ARMOND PERRYLance Corporal · October 9, 1970
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
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.