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LEWIS EDWARD WOOD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1940 – September 10, 1969
Service recordLewis Edward Wood, of Guntersville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Guntersville, Alabama (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 66
- DONALD EUGENE STEPPSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · September 10, 1969
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · September 11, 1969
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
From Guntersville
- CHARLES GLEN BOBOSergeant · February 8, 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.