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LARRY DAVID WOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – February 20, 1970
Service recordLarry David Wood, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 39
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- VICTOR ZARAGOZASergeant · February 20, 1970
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 34
- LARRY EDWARD HANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 35
- DEXTER DUANE HARBOURSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 35
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 35
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 36
- CHARLES MICHAEL MEDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LEON ABNER MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 37
- LARRY DALE PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 37
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 38
- CLYDE DEAN ROOTPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 38
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 39
- ROBERT LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 40
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.