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WILLIAM MELVIN JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1949 – September 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Melvin Johnson, of Detroit, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 10
- DENNIS FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- RICHARD ALFRED GWINNFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN HAZLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MACHULSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
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.