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WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1943 – April 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Henry Johnson, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 9 ARTY
- Born
- December 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 119
- TOMMIE MAX CRIPECorporal · April 16, 1966
- CLARENCE A TEASSpecialist Five · April 16, 1966
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRY A QUINTANAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- CLIVE VERE MOSIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
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.