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ROBERT HELM WOOD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – April 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Helm Wood, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 7
- GREGORY J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEVERNE ACKERMANSergeant · April 10, 1968
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 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.