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ROBERT EDWIN WOODS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 6, 1944 – December 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Edwin Woods, of Treasure Island, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 66
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Treasure Island, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 66
- BERNARD FRANCIS POBLOCKCorporal · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON VANZANDTFirst Lieutenant · December 26, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 61
- JOSEPH THAXTER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 32E, Line 62
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Treasure Island
- KARL WILLIAM SCHWANBECKPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · May 5, 1970
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · July 22, 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.