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DONALD PIERCE WOODFIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1949 – April 6, 1970
Service recordDonald Pierce Woodfin, of New Canton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1949
- Home of record
- New Canton, Virginia (Buckingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 102
- GREGORY WILLIAM STODDARTSpecialist Five · April 6, 1970
- HENRY KENNARD WEITZPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- PAUL CLAYTON BOVANCorporal · April 7, 1970
- LARRY PHILLIP DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HENRY KENNARD WEITZPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 102
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.