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ALTON KENNETH WOOLF JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1949 – July 21, 1968
Service recordAlton Kenneth Woolf JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 28
- ROBERT WARREN PARENTSpecialist Five · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS STONEStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 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.