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EARL WOODS
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordEarl Woods, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 31 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 28
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 1968
- PERRY LEE WHITTINGTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD ANTHONY ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 25
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.