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CHARLIE K WOODEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1946 – April 11, 1968
Service recordCharlie K Wooden, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 28
- DAVID PAUL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ALAN PAUL BUTKUSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 25
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 26
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.