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ROBERT TINSLEY WOOD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1945 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRobert Tinsley Wood, of Arlington, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 37
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- August 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 37
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SOUZACorporal · May 13, 1970
- ALAN ROBERT TRENTCaptain · May 13, 1970
- DONALD RICHARD WHITEWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
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.