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ABRAHAM WOODS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – September 24, 1967
Service recordAbraham Woods, of Marion, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Marion, Alabama (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 8
- KENNETH LEON TURNERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES ARCHERPetty Officer Second Class · September 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID BOLDTPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 5
From Marion
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CREWSStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
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.