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WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1934 – October 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Johnson, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- December 26, 1934
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 53
- RONALD WAYNE LEELance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN MOENPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 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.