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FREDERICK DERL WOOD
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 6, 1932 – August 6, 1967
Service recordFrederick Derl Wood, of St Louis, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 6, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 6, 1932
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 85
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOFFREDOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- JERRY LEE SPENCERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DONALD LEROY THOMASPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.