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JAMES LIONEL WOODSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – September 19, 1967
Service recordJames Lionel Woodson JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 95
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 95
- BARRY HENNETT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- MAURICE P CHAPMAN JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- ROGER LARRY CORNETTSpecialist Four · September 20, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD RALPHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 94
- RUFUS ALFONZO THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 94
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.