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RICHARD EUGENE WOODSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 10, 1938 – August 1, 1967
Service recordRichard Eugene Woodson, of Winchester, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 1, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 65
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Winchester, Illinois (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 65
- WILLIAM OVERTON WINSTONCorporal · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEINAirman · August 1, 1967
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE ABBOTTCorporal · August 2, 1967
From Winchester
- JAMES HENRY PRICEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · December 28, 1967
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.