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JOHNNY MACK WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 24, 1946 – April 2, 1967
Service recordJohnny Mack Wood, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
- Born
- March 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 94
- ALVIN CHARLES MCMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- DANIEL LEWIS WENTEFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.