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EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1942 – November 19, 1966
Service recordEdward Warren Woodruff, of Napa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 94
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- TRAVIS GLEN CRAINLance Corporal · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JOHN DOUGLAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 88
- ALAN N WEISMANPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 92
- COLEY PHILLIP WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 93
- ELVIN JOSEPH WIDEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 93
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
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.