Name:
Vance N. Woodall
Rank:
Seaman 1st Class
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United States Navy
Date of Death:
1947-01-21
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Short Creek Cemetery, Stab, Pulaski County, Kentucky
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Vance N. Woodall was born on January 28, 1929, in Stab, Kentucky. He was the son of Julian Woodall and Mada Estelle Woodall Woodall.
A member of the USS Yancey (AKA-93), Vance was killed on January 21, 1947, during unloading operations at Little America in Antarctica. He fell from a D-8 tractor and was crushed under a snow roller as the tractor started to tow the machine.
S1C Woodall is now buried in the Short Creek Cemetery, Stab, Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA.
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