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JAMES WATSON WOOD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 21, 1943 – August 17, 1970
Service recordJames Watson Wood, of Galesburg, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 121
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Galesburg, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 121
- MERLYN LEE WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- ROBERT NORMAN BOLLMANCaptain · August 18, 1970
- RALPH NELSON DUEMLINGFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS LAVON GUNDERSONSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
From Galesburg
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- RONALD LEE EUNICEHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · January 5, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
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.