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GERALD ERNEST WOODS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 22, 1950 – February 18, 1971
Service recordGerald Ernest Woods, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 119
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5W, Line 119
- RONALD LEONARD WATSONCaptain · February 18, 1971
- STRATHER FRANKLIN WOODFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1971
- JACKIE WAYNE BARNWELLMaster Sergeant · February 19, 1971
- WILLIAM MATTHEW FERNANDEZSergeant First Class · February 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE PHILLIP BERGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 114
- GREGORY STEPHEN CRANDALLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- WALTER EDWARD DEMSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- ROBERT JOSEPH ENGENSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 116
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 117
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.