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ARNOLD WOODSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1942 – April 5, 1966
Service recordArnold Woodson, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 88
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 88
- BERNARD BARRIOSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- THOMAS A K BLEVINSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- ROBERT BURCIAGAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 83
- GERMA CHAPARRO-VILLANUEVASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 84
- BARNEY MCKINLEY GILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 84
- KEITH WALTER KAUFFMANSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 85
- DANIEL JAMES MACKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 85
- NATHANIEL MERRIWEATHERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 85
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 86
- EDWARD MILTON STANCHEKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 87
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 87
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- SIM HENRY RIGGINS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.