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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: JOHNSON
First name: WILLIAM F
Home of Record (official): LOS ANGELES
State (official): CA
Date of Birth: Sunday, September 16, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 56396666
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
A Troop 1st Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Saturday, August 20, 1966
Date of Casualty: Thursday, January 5, 1967
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Phuoc Tuy
The Wall: Panel 13E - Row 116
--- Interment ---
Los
Angeles National Cemetery
950 South Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 268-4494