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WILLIAM ESLEY WOOD JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 8, 1937 – April 21, 1971
Service recordWilliam Esley Wood JR, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 2
- LOUIS ARTHUR YUGELSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLMESSpecialist Five · April 22, 1971
- DENNIS ALAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1971
- ROBERT MORRISON PERSINGERWarrant Officer 1 · April 22, 1971
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE COKERPetty Officer Third Class · November 24, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.