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WILLARD EVERETT WOODY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – January 9, 1971
Service recordWillard Everett Woody, of Garland, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Garland, Kansas (Bourbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 36
- CRAIG ALAN SYSAKCorporal · January 9, 1971
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 9, 1971
- BARRY HOWARD BERGERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
- CECIL EUCLED CALLANDERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 35
- CRAIG ALAN SYSAKCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 36
- GORDON LEE WIRTH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 36
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.