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CARL MITCHELL WOOD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 27, 1951 – February 5, 1971
Service recordCarl Mitchell Wood, of Englewood, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 80
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Englewood, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 80
- LARRY ALBERT WOODBURNPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- RICHARD ALAN AARONCaptain · February 6, 1971
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · February 6, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROOCorporal · February 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE PAULWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 79
From Englewood
- JERRY LEE POTTERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALLSergeant · March 25, 1966
- IVEL DOAN FREEMANMajor · March 9, 1967
- VICTOR JOE APODACA JRMajor · June 8, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SPAULDINGPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 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.