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MATTHEW WOODS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1929 – August 1, 1968
Service recordMatthew Woods, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 46
- WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JRPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- ALLAN GREGORY SWAIMSergeant · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES THOMPSONColonel · August 1, 1968
- THEODORE JAY WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN GREGORY SWAIMSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 46
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.