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DON CHARLES WOOD
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
November 11, 1929 – January 16, 1966
Service recordDon Charles Wood, of Provo, Utah, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 16, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 76
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 354 TFS
- Born
- November 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Provo, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 16, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 76
- DONALD WEBBSergeant · January 16, 1966
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · January 17, 1966
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- LARRY FLEMING JRCorporal · January 17, 1966
From Provo
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- GARY GLEN POOLPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- STEVE RALPH LUKEPetty Officer Second Class · December 6, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARK DEE VINCENTCorporal · January 9, 1970
- LARRY DUWAYNE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 22, 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.