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RICHARD RANDOLPH WOODWARD
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
April 23, 1941 – February 8, 1966
Service recordRichard Randolph Woodward, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 8, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 19
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Spotsylvania, Virginia (Spotsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 19
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH AMSTUTZ JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1966
- LESLIE HOWARD CANTRELLCorporal · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT KENNETH LOVELACECorporal · February 9, 1966
From Spotsylvania
- CLIFTON BALLANTYN BERGMANFirst Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JRCorporal · September 23, 1970
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.