William Henry Johnson was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina and moved to New York City as a teenager. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 5, 1917 and was assigned to Company C, 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment - an all-black National Guard unit that would later become the 369th Infantry Regiment.
The 369th was ordered into battle in 1918. Johnson and his unit were brigaded with a French army colonial unit in front-line combat. Johnson served on the western edge of the Argonne Forest in France's Champagne region from 1918-1919. His valor in combat is of the highest order! THIS MAN WAS A WARRIOR!!!
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