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ARTHUR MURRY WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1945 – June 27, 1966
Service recordArthur Murry Wood, of Moscow, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Moscow, Tennessee (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 102
- GENE ALBERT SMITHCommander · June 27, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE STAHLSergeant · June 27, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KENNETH PARESAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 101
From Moscow
- ROBERT LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 4, 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.