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RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRussell Dan Woollard, of Shamrock, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Shamrock, Texas (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 17
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- JACK DALE WADLEYStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1969
- LARRY KENNETH WHEELERLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 12
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 13
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
From Shamrock
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- RAYBURN LESTER SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 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.