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WILLARD PAUL WOODS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1944 – September 21, 1967
Service recordWillard Paul Woods, of Jesup, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 110
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Jesup, Georgia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 110
- WILLIAM CHARLES WENTZELWarrant Officer 1 · September 21, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · September 21, 1967
- HERMAN JOHN BAERCorporal · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD BENTONLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
From Jesup
- RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD MATHISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- JAMES LEE ELLIS JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- IVEY JACKSON HAYESCorporal · April 4, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.