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MICHAEL DAVID WOODARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1950 – March 20, 1971
Service recordMichael David Woodard, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 63
- ALAN EUNICE DAVISCorporal · March 21, 1971
- DONALD JEROME FRAZELLEFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1971
- ERNEST LLOYD HIRTLERLance Corporal · March 21, 1971
- DAVID CLYDE LANCASTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 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.