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ARTHUR WINDELL WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – December 8, 1968
Service recordArthur Windell Wood, of Olean, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Olean, Missouri (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 72
- HARVIE PERRY WINKLES IIIHospitalman · December 8, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES WIRICKCorporal · December 8, 1968
- THOMAS DUDLEY BERKFIELDSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- MICHAEL J CIESIELKA JRFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTEE BRADLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 61
- MICHAEL E GIBISSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 64
- JOHN KNOWLES KOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 66
- PHILIP ALLEN TERRYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 70
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.