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STUART JOHN WOOD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordStuart John Wood, of Granite Falls, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Granite Falls, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 23
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- EDWARD GARLAND ASH JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- RUSSEL E BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 21, 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.