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WILLIAM LOVETT JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – March 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lovett Johnson, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 71
- ROBERT A MCINTOSHSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PARHAMSergeant · March 18, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE PATTERSONSergeant · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BARRETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 65
- DAN MICHAEL BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MARK FRANCIS DANIELSSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- LARRY KENT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JOE BUTLER EASTERNPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 67
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 70
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.