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WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – January 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam Frank Johnson, of Bel Air, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 40
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Bel Air, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 40
- JAMES FREDERICK HUGGINSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- THOMAS FRANKLIN IRVINSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- DAVID LEE MEYERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
- LEO JAMES ROSEStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURNCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 39
From Bel Air
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- MONTY NORRIS WILSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- GARY RAY SCHAFERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · January 31, 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.