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CHARLES GORDON WOODS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – June 15, 1966
Service recordCharles Gordon Woods, of Corona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 50
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 50
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- JAMES CLARENCE WALLACESergeant · June 15, 1966
- NORMAN RAYMOND WILSONPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- JOHN TERRY ADAMSLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 48
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 48
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 49
- THOMAS WILLIAM SHAYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 49
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
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.