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DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1945 – February 28, 1970
Service recordDouglas Morris Woodward, of Berryville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Berryville, Virginia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 67
- WILLIAM BOYLESergeant First Class · February 28, 1970
- GLENN EDWARD BUNDYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
- LARRY EUGENE DAILEYSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 67
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 69
- EUGENE CARTERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 70
From Berryville
- LEWIS FRANKLIN JENKINSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
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.