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GERALD WOODS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1945 – December 27, 1968
Service recordGerald Woods, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 83
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTOGNINI IIISergeant · December 28, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 80
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 81
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 82
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 83
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.