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Ernest
Wetherill
Wood
1877-03-21

–

1936-04-03

Born:

Flushing

, 

New York

Home:

Laredo Ranchettes

, 

Texas

Buried: 

Arlington

, 

Virginia

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Ernest Wood received his theological degree from the Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1900. He was ordained an Episcopalian priest and was vicar of Saint Mark’s Church in Southborough, Massachusetts (1905 – 1908); assistant rector of Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then as rector of Saint Paul’s Church, Montrose, Pennsylvania. He served in World War I where he received the Silver Star, and retired as a lieutenant colonel. He had two daughters and his one son, Ernest Wetherill WoodJr., graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1938, two years after his father’s death. Ernest WoodJr. served in World War II as commander of the U.S.S. Princeton’s Air Group 27, and was shot down and killed in action on June 19, 1944.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Regiment:

    9th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8, 1918
    GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 5 (June 3, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Chaplain’s Corps) Ernest W. Wood, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Chaplain Wood distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, 8 October 1918, in conducting services for the dead under heavy shell fire.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Chaplain’s Corps)

    Regiment:

    9th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 3 – 27, 1918
    Headquarters, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Captain (Chaplain’s Corps) Ernest Wetherill Wood, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Chaplain Wood distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, from 3 to 27 October 1918