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HAROLD SHELBY WOOD JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 14, 1942 – March 19, 1968
Service recordHarold Shelby Wood JR, of Lewisburg, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 36
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Lewisburg, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 36
- JEFFREY J YARGERWarrant Officer 1 · March 19, 1968
- JIMMY RANDLE YOUNGPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEE ZELLERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NIKOLAI KIATKINSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 34
- JEFFREY J YARGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 45E, Line 36
From Lewisburg
- CONNARD DARRELL MALLORYCorporal · December 8, 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.