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ROBERT HAROLD WOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – July 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Harold Wood, of Fairmont, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 4
- MICHAEL STEPHEN WALKERCaptain · July 15, 1969
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ARTHUR RICHARD ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- BRUCE CARLYLE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 124
- THOMAS EUGENE HEMPELSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 125
- KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 1
From Fairmont
- HENRY EDWARD SCHANCKLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · July 2, 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.