- SURNAME
Wood
- FORENAME
Samuel Dalton ("Dodie")
- UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company HQ)
- RANK
Pharmacist's Mate Third Class
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Silver Star
- PLACE
Bairoko Harbour, New Georgia, 20th July 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 06.11.1920, Cooper, Texas, USA
father Samuel David Wood (1884-1979)
mother Eula Zerada (nee Shippey) Wood (1887-1975)
graduated Cooper High School
employed by Scanlan and McCausland
16.02.1942 draft card Cooper, Texas
08.1944 WIA
01.08.1942 entered service
04.10.1945 discharged
1951 married Lelia Martha (nee Dillon) Tiemann Wood (1919-1988)
2 sons, 3 step-children
1954 graduated St. Louis College of Pharmacy
1997 retired (Pharmacist 47 years)
died 14.05.2001 (Aged 80) Paris, Texas, USA
Oaklawn Cemetery, Cooper, Texas, USA
CITATION:
Silver Star : Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Samuel D. Wood, United States Navy, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action on July 20, 1943, while serving as a Corpsman attached to the FOURTH Marine Division at New Georgia. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.
WEB LINKS:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/56694FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109868273/samuel-dalton-wood
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