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WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1946 – June 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Horace Johnson JR, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 94
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1967
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKECorporal · June 12, 1967
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 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.