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WILLIAM STEPHEN WOODS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 6, 1950 – February 25, 1971
Service recordWilliam Stephen Woods, of Mauldin, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1971, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Mauldin, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 5
- FLOYD HAROLD GOFFPrivate · February 25, 1971
- EDWARD A JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
- DAVID DOUGLAS PEOPLES JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LUIS A QUINONES-RODRIQUEZPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 6
From Mauldin
- RONALD WILLIAM HARRILLPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- MYLON RAY HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 11, 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.