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DOUGLAS MEAD WOODLAND
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 6, 1951 – September 26, 1970
Service recordDouglas Mead Woodland, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 95
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; eight of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 95
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 27, 1970
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · September 27, 1970
- ROBERT OREN HILL JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES LANGMANCaptain · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST BAUERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 91
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 92
- MARK RICHARD HOLTOMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 93
- ERNEST HAMMOND LAIDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 93
- WARREN STEPHEN LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 93
- ROBERT ALBERT PAINTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 94
- FRANCIS JORDAN SULLIVANCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 94
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
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.