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ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1940 – April 26, 1969
Service recordAlton Darnell Woodruff, of La Grange, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1940
- Home of record
- La Grange, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 58
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1969
- VINCENT VOSYLIUSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- BEVERLY COSTNER WARESpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- MARK JOHN HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 54
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 58
From La Grange
- GRADY KEITH EMBREYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1965
- LAWRENCE DAVID KESLERSpecialist Four · June 25, 1966
- MARVIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- BENNIE LOUIS MARTINSergeant · February 14, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HOLLIS RONNEY NORRIDSergeant · July 1, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · August 24, 1968
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.