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STEPHEN LEE WOODARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordStephen Lee Woodard, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 21
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 21
- ROBERT ALFRED WAGNERSergeant · May 16, 1968
- GEORGE HEYWARD WALLINGTONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- TERRY MICHAEL WARDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ABRAHAM KAALELE AHUNASergeant First Class · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 15
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.