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DUREL STEVENS WOODS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 20, 1950 – July 19, 1969
Service recordDurel Stevens Woods, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1950
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 24
- HARRY PATRICK YINGLINGSergeant · July 19, 1969
- BENJAMIN FREEMAN BROWN JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT COUCHSergeant First Class · July 20, 1969
- DENNIS EITELSergeant · July 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERYL FRANKLIN DRISKILLPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 19
- JOHN GARY GERTSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
- RICHARD ALLAN HAVLIKPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ALLEN HAWKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- WALTER KARASCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
- ALFONSO OLMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 22
- HARRY PATRICK YINGLINGSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 24
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.