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WILLIS LEROY WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1946 – September 13, 1967
Service recordWillis Leroy Wood, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 69
- JOHNNY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN WILSFORDLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- GARDNER BREWERMajor · September 14, 1967
From Brunswick
- ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- OSCAR THOMAS FRANCISPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.