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GREGORY WAYNE WOODS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 29, 1943 – May 5, 1967
Service recordGregory Wayne Woods, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 47
- PIKE POWERS MAYOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- WILLIAM ERNEST WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JOSEPH WHITNEY JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 46
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.