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ALVIN RICHARD WOODS JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 27, 1936 – December 31, 1965
Service recordAlvin Richard Woods JR, of Washington, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 47
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Washington, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 47
- ROBERT MICHAEL SWEENEYMajor · December 31, 1965
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- CHARLES RICHARD ALLENLance Corporal · January 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RUSH HICKMANSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 46
From Washington
- JOHN ROY CHAPMANLieutenant · April 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · February 6, 1969
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 1971
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.