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WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordWilliam Wayne Johnson, of Bicknell, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Bicknell, Utah (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 35
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · May 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS BANE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 30
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 32
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 39
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
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.