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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 Marc Alan Woodworth.

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MARC ALAN WOODWORTH

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

October 31, 1948 – February 14, 1969

Service record

Marc Alan Woodworth, of Auburn, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 32W · Line 35

Position of Panel 32W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 93 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
October 31, 1948
Home of record
Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 14, 1969
Age
20
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “C CO 93 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 32W, Line 35

From Auburn

All 14 names from Auburn →

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.