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JOHN WAYNE WOOLBRIGHT
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1950 – September 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Wayne Woolbright, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 59
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 59
- RALPH JAMES LUNDTechnical Sergeant · September 6, 1968
- DONALD MELVEN WILBANKSCorporal · September 6, 1968
- CAROL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.