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WILLIE JOHNSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – March 27, 1971
Service recordWillie Johnson JR, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 83
- ARTHUR LEE GALLOWAY JRFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1971
- THOMAS PERCY OLSONCorporal · March 27, 1971
- PAUL ELLIOTT SERVENSpecialist Four · March 27, 1971
- GLEN HOWARD YELLCorporal · March 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 82
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 82
- THOMAS PERCY OLSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 83
- PAUL ELLIOTT SERVENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 83
- GLEN HOWARD YELLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 83
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.