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DONALD EUGENE WOOLBRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1945 – July 14, 1966
Service recordDonald Eugene Woolbright, of Brooklyn, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Born
- September 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Brooklyn, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 21
- JOHN WALTER SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 14, 1966
- ORSON HOWARD CASECorporal · July 15, 1966
- NARCISO REZA CERNA JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- PAUL GEORGE HENDRIXStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
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.