Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 1204 – Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Reserve
Commission Source: Armor OCS Class 10-67 A1, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Date of birth: 16-Aug-1946
Hometown: New London, Iowa
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Apr-1966
Start of tour: 16-Mar-1968
Incident date: 8-May-1968
Date of casualty: 8-May-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Woodroe Warren Warth died as result of gunshot wounds received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Trinity Cemetery, Mount Union, Iowa, USA
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BRONZE STAR MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
POSTHUMOUS
FIRST LIEUTENANT WOODROE WARREN WARTH, ARMOR
8 MAY 1968
I TROOP, 3rd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
First Lieutenant Warth distinguished himself by valorous actions on 8 May 1968, while serving as a Platoon Leader with Troop I, 3d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, on a dismounted patrol near Cu Chi, Vietnam. When his patrol came under intense automatic weapons fire, Lieutenant Warth courageously advanced and provided a heavy base of suppressive fire so that his men could successfully flank the enemy and assault them. In the process, he was struck and killed instantly by a burst of automatic weapons fire. First Lieutenant Warth’s personal bravery and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division General Orders No. 3887 (29 May 1968)