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WILLIE C JOHNSON JR
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1941 – November 9, 1967
Service recordWillie C Johnson JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 58
- ROBERT ROLAND GONNEVILLECorporal · November 9, 1967
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH WARD HARRISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD WEAVERMajor · Panel 29E, Line 64
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.