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VICTOR ROBERT WOODEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 20, 1946 – October 30, 1967
Service recordVictor Robert Wooden, of White City, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- White City, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 99
- THOMAS SANFORD GOENPetty Officer First Class · October 23, 1967
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- JOE HARRELL BASSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1967
- LARRY FRANKLIN COGGINSCorporal · October 30, 1967
- RODNEY LEE EGGLESTONSergeant · October 30, 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.