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REX STEWART WOOD
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
June 25, 1934 – June 2, 1967
Service recordRex Stewart Wood, of Moulton, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 40
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VE 24 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- June 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Moulton, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 40
- RAY LOUIS VANZANDTCorporal · June 2, 1967
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- HAROLD FRANCIS WERLEPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Moulton
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 1968
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.