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PATRICK LEONARD WOODS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1941 – December 24, 1968
Service recordPatrick Leonard Woods, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 75
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 75
- LOUIS ARTHUR WUEST JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM BAKERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- KENNETH MARK BRYANTSergeant · December 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 73
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
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.