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LARRY JAMES WOODS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 3, 1951 – March 27, 1972
Service recordLarry James Woods, of Rancho Cordova, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1972, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 120
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Pilot, Single Engine (101B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Rancho Cordova, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1972; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 120
- JAMES MANORSergeant · March 27, 1972
- DAVID ERIC PANNABECKERCaptain · March 27, 1972
- RAYMOND ANTHONY WAGNERAirman First Class · March 27, 1972
- EDWARD PUCK KOW WONG JRStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1972
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD PUCK KOW WONG JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 120
From Rancho Cordova
- CHARLES ELZY MORGANMajor · July 6, 1966
- GEORGE FREDERICK MEISTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- TERENCE J FOLSOMPrivate · January 23, 1970
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.