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WILLIE JOHNSON
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1935 – March 5, 1970
Service recordWillie Johnson, of Walhalla, South Carolina, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 13, 1935
- Home of record
- Walhalla, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 85
- MARIO GONSALEZCorporal · March 5, 1970
- JAMES LAURENCE HOWELLSergeant · March 5, 1970
- BRUCE DAVID KLINGAMANSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL PEAVYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
From Walhalla
- BILLY LEESpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANK THOMPSONPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- AUSTIN IVAN EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLMESCorporal · November 6, 1969
- GRADY LEE NORRISSergeant First Class · July 27, 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.