William D. Johnson

Vietnam War
Unit12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromRocky Mount North Carolina
Date of DeathJanuary 19 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Johnson was a rifleman in the 4th Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On January 19, 1968, his reinforced company was about 10 miles west of DAK To in Kontum Province, South Vietnam when it was ambushed. As the unit withdrew, he became Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.