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WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – July 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Michael Johnson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 23
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
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 23
- PAUL CRAWFORD HEWITSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS BURTON LUKESSergeant · July 13, 1968
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 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.