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JOHNNY WOODSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – July 1, 1966
Service recordJohnny Woodson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 117
- ROBERT CYRIL WILLIAMSMajor · July 1, 1966
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- JAMES DALE BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
- LARRY KEITH DEALPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 115
- BENJAMIN ORNELASSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 116
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 116
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.