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ROBERT WALTER WOODS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1943 – August 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Walter Woods, of West Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1943
- Home of record
- West Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ZEMANICKSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · August 14, 1968
- RAYMOND LOUIS DANIELSSergeant · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MATHEW CATES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 5
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 6
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- EARNEST RANDALL MULLINSSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- THOMAS RICHARD POLISKYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
From West Orange
- CHARLES DANIEL PIZZIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- GERALD LOUIS DEROSEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 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.