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ROBERT FRANCIS WOODS
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 10, 1929 – June 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Francis Woods, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 26, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 54W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 20 TASS
- Born
- July 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “20 TASS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 4
- GERALD NEAL REMPERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES STEELECorporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIE RAY THOMPSONCorporal · June 26, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE CLAYTON CORNELIUSCaptain · Panel 54W, Line 2
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.