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JAMES NED WOOLLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – October 30, 1969
Service recordJames Ned Woolley, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist (44E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 7
- JOHN ALBERT WARRENSergeant · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS BRIGHTMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NOLAN EUGENE BLACKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 3
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 3
- MAURY WILLIAM HEARNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 6
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.