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CLAYTON LEON WOODS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1952 – February 19, 1971
Service recordClayton Leon Woods, of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 122
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 16, 1952
- Home of record
- Sergeant Bluff, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 122
- ROY MILTON SMITHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TUCKER JRCorporal · February 19, 1971
- FRANCISCO NEVARES VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH ACALOTTOStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD TUCKER JRCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 122
From Sergeant Bluff
- PAUL HOUSTON GRAYPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
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.