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DAVID BEAVERS WOOD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – April 26, 1971
Service recordDavid Beavers Wood, of Douglasville, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 14
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
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Douglasville, Georgia (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 14
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- FREDERICK KRUPAMajor · April 27, 1971
- RICHARD ALLEN LIKELYCorporal · April 27, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD LOCKEStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1971
From Douglasville
- ROBERT GERALD HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- ROBERT PAUL TIDWELLFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1969
- MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.