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Stuart
Wood
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

North Carolina

Stuart Wood graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1927. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 1942 – August 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Stuart Wood (ASN: 0-16857), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    War Department, General Orders No. 62 (1942)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Wood (ASN: 0-16857), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility in the Philippine Islands during World War II.