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ROSS W WOOD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1940 – August 30, 1967
Service recordRoss W Wood JR, of Carnegie, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Carnegie, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 73
- REUBEN CHARLES WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · August 30, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDRICK ELFLEINCorporal · August 31, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ALAN JOHN SMITHSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 71
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.