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JAMES THOMAS WOODS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – June 19, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Woods, of Ferguson, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Ferguson, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 95
- LUIS JOSE SIMANCASPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSE FRANCISCO ARROYOSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
- THEODORE ELLIS BALTEZORESpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY C CRABTREE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 87
- PAUL FREDERICK LITTLESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 90
From Ferguson
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM ELLERPrivate First Class · April 10, 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.