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JOHN BRAXTON WOODALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1943 – April 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Braxton Woodall, of East Alton, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 26, 1943
- Home of record
- East Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 2
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- WAYNE HOWARD WOODARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- JAMES VIRGIL CHRONISTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
From East Alton
- JAMES DANIEL OLSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1966
- WILLIAM C LANGHAMSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- TERRY LEE DALLAPESpecialist Four · July 30, 1969
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.