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THOMAS S WOODLAND JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – April 2, 1968
Service recordThomas S Woodland JR, of Indian Head, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 45
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Indian Head, Maryland (Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 45
- INGO JULIUS ROBERT WISKOWSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PABLO DEMEO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 43
From Indian Head
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND NOVELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 2, 1970
- ROBERT ALBERT PAINTER JRSpecialist Four · September 26, 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.