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RICHARD ALAN WOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1945 – February 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Alan Wood, of Dumont, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 121
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Dumont, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 121
- WOODROW HOOVER WILBURNColonel · October 2, 1966
- ROBERT FRENCH STARBUCKSergeant · February 4, 1967
- JAMES CLENNON WINSTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- CLIFFORD DOIL BEELERSpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE CAMMARATASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 116
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 116
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 118
- JOHN STORELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 120
From Dumont
- MICHAEL ROBERT NAWROSKYCaptain · July 6, 1968
- RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADYPetty Officer First Class · January 17, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 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.