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RODNEY GLEN WOOD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – June 17, 1970
Service recordRodney Glen Wood, of Berkley, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 62
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Berkley, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 62
- LARRY MICHAEL ALLENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- FRANK BOWENSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JOHNNY CHARLES BRISENOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · June 18, 1970
From Berkley
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · October 8, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · September 16, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND REBITSSergeant · February 3, 1969
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 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.