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JOHNIE KENNETH WOODARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 8, 1935 – April 25, 1971
Service recordJohnie Kenneth Woodard, of Pulaski, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Tennessee (Giles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 12
- JEFFREY CHARLES LEMONLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1971
- JOHN DAVID NIXSergeant · April 25, 1971
- WALTER HARRI SIGAFOOS IIICaptain · April 25, 1971
- CHARLES WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 12
From Pulaski
- BYRON DWAYNE HAMLETTSergeant First Class · March 10, 1967
- HOWARD PALMA PETTYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEE MCELROYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1970
- LOWELL THOMAS GLOSSUPSergeant First Class · May 20, 1971
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.