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ROBERT VICTOR WOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1944 – January 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Victor Wood, of Ogdensburg, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Ogdensburg, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 25
- HENRY EZRA TEASLEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- MORVAN DARRELL TURLEYCaptain · January 13, 1967
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- LARRY CHANDLER WESTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 19
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 20
From Ogdensburg
- PAUL AMES CONROY JRMaster Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- TIMOTHY LEE CARMODYLance Corporal · August 25, 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.