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STEPHEN DUANE WOOD
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 23, 1938 – October 7, 1968
Service recordStephen Duane Wood, of Kennett, Missouri, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 7 NAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 23, 1938
- Home of record
- Kennett, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 28
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- GEORGE ALAN BONDLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDREW BRABANTCorporal · October 8, 1968
From Kennett
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- BOGARD LAFAYETTE FLOYDStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1968
- CHARLES S KIRKLAND JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 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.