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JAMES BERNARD WOODS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1950 – September 24, 1969
Service recordJames Bernard Woods JR, of New Milford, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1950
- Home of record
- New Milford, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 6
- WALTER LEROY SMILESSpecialist Five · September 24, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 24, 1969
- LOWRY TAYLOR CUTHBERTSergeant · September 25, 1969
- JOHNNY RAYMOND ESQUIERDOPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
From New Milford
- LESTER GEORGE MICHELSStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS E GRIXSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
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.