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JAMES ALBERT WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1945 – March 25, 1966
Service recordJames Albert Wood, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 49
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 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.