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RANDLE TOM WOODS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1946 – November 6, 1965
Service recordRandle Tom Woods, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 28
- GERALD PATRICK METOTTLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- RALPH NATHANIEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- MORRIS EUGENE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID HOLMESPrivate First Class · November 7, 1965
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.