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JOHN WILLIE WOODS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – October 30, 1966
Service recordJohn Willie Woods JR, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 42 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 130
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- DAVID ARNOLD HAAKENSENWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- DWIGHT WILLIE LAWSLance Corporal · October 30, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
From Franklin
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 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.