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JAMES ROBERT WOODS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1947 – August 11, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Woods, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 6
- TOMMIE WATSONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGAPrivate · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 3
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.