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RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1944 – March 18, 1967
Service recordRalph Traylor Woodall JR, of Jesup, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Jesup, Georgia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 108
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS WESTFALL JRCorporal · March 18, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITMANCorporal · March 18, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WULFFPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 103
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 105
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL E MCNEALCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
From Jesup
- ROGER EDWARD MATHISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- WILLARD PAUL WOODSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- JAMES LEE ELLIS JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- IVEY JACKSON HAYESCorporal · April 4, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.