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WOODROW ALEXANDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1937 – March 28, 1970
Service recordWoodrow Alexander, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1937
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 50
- LESLIE EUGENE REMBERTFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL ROVINSKYStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1970
- ROBERT TED SCISLOSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- BAXTER WARRENSergeant · March 27, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.