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ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 5, 1946 – July 7, 1970
Service recordRobert F Woodhouse JR, of Ellenville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aide-De-Camp (2030)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Ellenville, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 129
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- VERNON KENNETH SMOLIK JRSergeant · July 7, 1970
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · July 8, 1970
From Ellenville
- RICHARD FRANCIS MALOYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS NEWELLLieutenant · December 14, 1966
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.