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WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1945 – January 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam Newton Johnson, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 47
- JOSEPH THOMAS HUNTCorporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD LEE HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- LORENZO JOSEPH IOANNIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE CLARENCE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 51
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
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.