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JAMES ARLIE WOODS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordJames Arlie Woods, of Jasper, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 25
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Jasper, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 25
- JAMES TAYLORLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JON ROBERT WOODARDPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
From Jasper
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · June 21, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE KEYSpecialist Five · January 21, 1970
- ALVIN ROBERT ELENBURGSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.