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LLOYD JOSEPH WOOD SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1934 – April 30, 1969
Service recordLloyd Joseph Wood SR, of Independence, Kansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 88
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Independence, Kansas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 88
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- GUYLER NEIL TULPLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- DENNIS GORDON WARFIELDSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- FRED THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate · April 30, 1969
From Independence
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
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.