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STRATHER FRANKLIN WOOD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1944 – February 18, 1971
Service recordStrather Franklin Wood, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 119
- RONALD LEONARD WATSONCaptain · February 18, 1971
- GERALD ERNEST WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1971
- JACKIE WAYNE BARNWELLMaster Sergeant · February 19, 1971
- WILLIAM MATTHEW FERNANDEZSergeant First Class · February 19, 1971
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
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.