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JAMES C WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJames C Wood, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR DILLPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- PATRICK FRA VANDUYNHOVENSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEE FULLAWAYSpecialist Five · Panel 49E, Line 21
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.