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CHARLES WOOD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1931 – February 10, 1968
Service recordCharles Wood, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 74
- ALBERTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · February 10, 1968
- CHESTER WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WILSONCorporal · February 10, 1968
- MARLYN RONALD ANDERSONCorporal · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 67
- MICHAEL JOHN RAMBERGSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 71
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.