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WOODROW WILSON VADEN
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1916 – December 10, 1964
Service recordWoodrow Wilson Vaden, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 10, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 12 1131 SP ACTY SQ
- Born
- September 13, 1916
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1964
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1964; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 76
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- LEONARD MASAYON TADIOSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1964
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 1969
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.