Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Leonard
Wood
October 9, 1860

–

August 7, 1927

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

The Engineer Army Post in Missouri is named for General Leonard Wood, who had a distinguished career in the Spanish-American War and the Philippines. From April 22, 1910 to April 21, 1914 , he served as the 5th Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army. In 1920 he challenged Warren G. Harding for the Republican nomination for the Presidency, losing to Harding who then went on to win the general election and become President.

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Assistant Surgeon

    Division:

    4th U.S. Cavalry

    Action Date:

    Summer 1886
    Date of Issue: April 8, 1898

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Assistant Surgeon Leonard Wood, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in the Summer of 1886, in action in the Apache Campaigns in Arizona Territory. Assistant Surgeon Wood voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo’s band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command of which he was assigned upon his own request.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 47 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Leonard Wood, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As a Department, Division, and Camp Commander during the war, General Wood has displayed qualities of leadership and professional attainments of a high order in the administration and training of his various commands, and has furthered in every way during the war the system of officers’ training schools.