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WILLIAM JOHN JOHNSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 23, 1951 – February 12, 1971
Service recordWilliam John Johnson, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 99
- WILLIE GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
- GARY WAYNE LARSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1971
- KENNETH ALLEN MEYERSergeant · February 12, 1971
- DAVID ALFRED MORANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GARLAND SIDDONSCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 100
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 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.