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JIMMY LEE WOOLFOLK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – December 19, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Woolfolk, of Richardson, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Richardson, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 28
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- WINSTON ADAMS TAGGARTSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS MONTROSE WEBSTERCorporal · December 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER OTHO BROWN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 20
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- CHARLES CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 21
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 25
- STEVEN NICHOLAS RADUCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 26
From Richardson
- MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLASergeant · March 3, 1967
- KENYON GARY WELLMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- ALAN DALE CARSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1970
- PETER KARL J CHRISTIANSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- LOUIS KARL BREUER IVFirst Lieutenant · June 20, 1972
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.