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ROBERT A WOODROW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRobert A Woodrow, of Ocean City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Ocean City, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 8
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 1
- SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 8
From Ocean City
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1967
- JOHN C MARTINFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1968
- BRUCE MICHAEL MILEYSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
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.