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FLOYD WILLIAM WOODS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1951 – June 21, 1971
Service recordFloyd William Woods, of Yale, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Yale, Oklahoma (Payne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 85
- EARL WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · June 21, 1971
- DONALD PAUL LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWIN LUSCOMBESergeant · June 21, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID METZLERCommander · June 21, 1971
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.