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MICHAEL LEE WOODSIDE
Captain · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – March 6, 1969
Service recordMichael Lee Woodside, of Long Beach, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 59
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 59
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- KEITH JON PUHILance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- LARRY MORGAN RODGERSLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 52
- JOHN TERENCE MCDONNELLMajor · Panel 30W, Line 58
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.