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LOREN EDWIN WOOD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordLoren Edwin Wood JR, of Raytown, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Raytown, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 69
- MICHAEL BRODERICK WIERSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- ELROY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
- CURTIS STEVEN WOODSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY WORTHINGTONChief Petty Officer · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY STEPHEN DYERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 63
- CORBIN CLARK TINDALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 64
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
From Raytown
- CHARLES OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP CHITTWOODFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1969
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.