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WOODY JOE FROST
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – October 14, 1967
Service recordWoody Joe Frost, of Maud, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 109
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Maud, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 109
- PHILLIP STANLEY FRANCELance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- WILLIE FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HENRY J FUGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 109
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 1
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 3
- ROBERT A VANBALLEGOOYENPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 3
- JOHN DEWEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Maud
- JAMES WILLIAM BROWNPrivate · April 5, 1966
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.