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WILLIAM LEE WOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1949 – January 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lee Wood, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 70
- LARRY SCOTT RUTHERFORDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- THOMAS ROY TENNISSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAMS JRSergeant First Class · January 26, 1970
- ERICK WALTER BEATTIELance Corporal · January 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ANDREW MADDEN IICaptain · Panel 14W, Line 69
- THOMAS ROY TENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 70
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
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.