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WOODROE WARREN WARTH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – May 8, 1968
Service recordWoodroe Warren Warth, of New London, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New London, Iowa (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 10
- RICHARD MICHAEL SENGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- CARL WILLIAM SPARROWPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL HENRY STEWARTCorporal · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLINT COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 36
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.