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WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1951 – January 10, 1971
Service recordWilliam Thomas Johnson, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 37
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 37
- KENNETH ALAN DAHLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- DOUGLAS OAKLEY FORDCaptain · January 10, 1971
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 37
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 37
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 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.