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STEPHEN FORREST WOODS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordStephen Forrest Woods, of Godfrey, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 39
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Godfrey, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 39
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HOLLIS WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
From Godfrey
- RICHARD ALLEN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JRCorporal · November 6, 1968
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.