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WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 17, 1930 – October 21, 1965
Service recordWilliam James Johnson, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1965
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 129
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES BILKOPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2E, Line 128
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 129
From Joplin
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 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.