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WALTER SUTTON WOOD
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
June 14, 1931 – May 2, 1966
Service recordWalter Sutton Wood, of Ft Bragg, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 2, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 55 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- June 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Ft Bragg, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 19
- RONNIE EUGENE MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · May 3, 1966
From Ft Bragg
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · May 13, 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.