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DONALD ROY WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1949 – September 28, 1967
Service recordDonald Roy Wood, of Buford, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Buford, Georgia (Gwinnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 24
- GILBERT JAMES GRAHAMSeaman · September 28, 1967
- CHARLES ANTHONY JAMACKSpecialist Five · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN JONESSergeant · September 28, 1967
- MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDYSergeant · September 28, 1967
From Buford
- RICHARD ANTHONY PARKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- JERRY EDWIN JARRARDCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW TODDFirst Lieutenant · July 9, 1972
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.