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JAMES BAKER WOODS III
Captain · U.S. Army
September 19, 1940 – February 6, 1966
Service recordJames Baker Woods III, of Davidson, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Davidson, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 8
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROY EDWARD THOMASSergeant · February 6, 1966
- ALEX E VACZIFirst Sergeant · February 6, 1966
- DAVID ROBERT VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- BRUCE GEORGE BARTHLance Corporal · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 5
- PHILLIP R LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 6
- DENNIS LACO MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOHN STALNECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 7
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.