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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Woodrow Wilson Ham JR.

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WOODROW WILSON HAM JR

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 25, 1939 – March 4, 1966

Service record

Woodrow Wilson Ham JR, of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 5E · Line 103

Position of Panel 5E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
November 25, 1939
Home of record
Kinston, North Carolina (Lenoir County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 4, 1966
Age
26
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 5E, Line 103

Same unit, same day

From Kinston

All 15 names from Kinston →

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.