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ADVERT WOODS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordAdvert Woods JR, of Clio, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Clio, South Carolina (Marlboro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 27
- MILLARD PRESTON WHEELERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- DONALD HERBERT WHITECaptain · August 12, 1969
- MARION LOUIS ZIPPSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH ZISKOCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY BRABOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 20
- JON TASCHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Clio
- THOMAS GLENN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
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.