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DAVID WAYNE WOODEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – November 27, 1967
Service recordDavid Wayne Wooden, of Higginsville, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 100
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Higginsville, Missouri (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 100
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
From Higginsville
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- HENRY RALPH LONGSTONLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
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.