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DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – February 19, 1970
Service recordDarrell George Wood JR, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 34
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- WARREN JOHN FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.