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JOHN CLIFFORD WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1949 – July 4, 1969
Service recordJohn Clifford Wood, of Alamosa, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Alamosa, Colorado (Alamosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 64
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- JAMES MONTGOMERY WITHEESpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN D CAMPBELLLance Corporal · July 5, 1969
- APOLINAR CASTILLO JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
From Alamosa
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- DONALD R THOMPSONSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD BROWNLEEColonel · December 24, 1968
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.