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WILLIAM WAYNE WOOD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – February 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Wayne Wood, of Alliance, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO I CAV 1 BAT 12 RGT
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Alliance, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO I CAV 1 BAT 12 RGT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 39
- LARRY DAVID WOODSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · February 20, 1970
- VICTOR ZARAGOZASergeant · February 20, 1970
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 38
From Alliance
- LEE CELIN WAGNER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- LARRY LAMARR DEANStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES WAHLSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ALVIS RAY FAVERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE MICHALKSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
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.