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DONALD CHARLES WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1949 – May 20, 1968
Service recordDonald Charles Wood, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 64E, Line 10
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILLIAMSCorporal · May 20, 1968
- MELVIN WOODCorporal · May 20, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY STANLEY KOWALESKISergeant · Panel 64E, Line 6
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 6
- MICHAEL DAVIS REEVESCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 8
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.