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LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1946 – September 16, 1967
Service recordLawrence Jeffrey Wood, of Holly, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Holly, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 81
- WILLIAM RUSSELL YOUNG JRCorporal · September 16, 1967
- NICHOLAS EDWARD BRUZNACKSpecialist Six · September 17, 1967
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN COLITO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 78
- ERNEST NICK KROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 79
- DONNIE RAY LUSKCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 79
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 80
From Holly
- KARL WENDELL RICHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- FREDDY KEITH STALEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
- GARY JAMES SHINNSpecialist Four · May 31, 1971
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.