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KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1943 – February 11, 1969
Service recordKirk Allen Woolley, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 18
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 18
- ROBERT JOHN ZUKOWSKIMajor · February 11, 1969
- ROBERTO ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- THOMAS LEON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- WILLIAM DONALD BAKKENPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 12
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 13
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 17
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.