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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Larry T Wood.

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LARRY T WOOD

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

July 27, 1946 – December 26, 1966

Service record

Larry T Wood, of Mt Pleasant, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13E · Line 82

Position of Panel 13E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
A BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
Born
July 27, 1946
Home of record
Mt Pleasant, Tennessee (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 26, 1966
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 13E, Line 82

From Mt Pleasant

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.