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JOHN ALLEN WOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1949 – September 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Allen Wood, of Lake Orion, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Orion, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 34
- BRADFORD DWAIN WRIGHTSergeant · September 27, 1968
- WALTER CLAY BLANTONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1968
- GARY DEAN COLLINSSeaman · September 28, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS DECKER JRSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WAYNE VAUGHNCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Lake Orion
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE WHELPLEYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.