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JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1945 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJames Ammons Woodruff, of Aberdeen, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 41
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL OBRIEN BAKERSergeant · June 2, 1969
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- JACKIE LEE DICKENSCaptain · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD LEROY LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 38
- JESSE STEPHEN MANUEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 38
- BLAIR CECIL WILKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 40
From Aberdeen
- GEORGE EMERSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS GUESTSergeant · August 26, 1969
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.