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SAMUEL LEE WOODS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1945 – December 19, 1965
Service recordSamuel Lee Woods, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Ocean Springs, Mississippi (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 29
- NELS WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- RUSSELL VIVEIROS ALMEIDALance Corporal · December 20, 1965
- LEE EDWARD NORDAHLLieutenant Commander · December 20, 1965
From Ocean Springs
- DARRELL CLIFFORD LINTPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- CHESTER H TERRY JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
- FRANCIS LAURY PEARSONFirst Lieutenant · April 3, 1969
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.