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HARRY DONALD WOODARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1945 – April 9, 1966
Service recordHarry Donald Woodard, of Saraland, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 95
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Saraland, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 95
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 95
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 95
From Saraland
- JIMMY EDWARD STAMEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN OLIVER WHITESergeant · January 22, 1968
- BILLY LEE JACKSONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1968
- LEVI JAMES WILSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
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.