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MELVIN WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1943 – May 20, 1968
Service recordMelvin Wood, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 10
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILLIAMSCorporal · May 20, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 4
- FREDERICK WILLIAM WEIDNERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 9
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.