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DAVID GLENN WOODRUFF
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
May 2, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordDavid Glenn Woodruff, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 5, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Cynthiana, Kentucky (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS LAPORTEChief Petty Officer · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
From Cynthiana
- CLIFTON FREDERICK JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1967
- PAUL JOHNSON LIVELYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JAMES HARVEY BENNETTSergeant · February 15, 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.