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DONALD WOOD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – June 15, 1971
Service recordDonald Wood, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 78
- THOMAS PRESTON HARVEYSergeant · June 16, 1971
- DANNY GERALD STUDDARDSergeant · June 16, 1971
- ERNEST KENNETH TYLERSpecialist Five · June 16, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT VALTRCaptain · June 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY DEAN PEDINGSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 77
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 77
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.