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ROBERT BRAXTON WOODARD
Private · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – April 14, 1969
Service recordRobert Braxton Woodard, of Holly Springs, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 84
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Holly Springs, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 84
- RICHARD BAILEY TUTENSergeant · April 14, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS VITALEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- BILLY CLYDE ALSTONSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
From Holly Springs
- CHARLES ALLEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.