Wood, John, MG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Major General

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1945-1946, 0002, US Army Armor Center and School (Cadre) Fort Knox, KY

Service Years
1912 - 1946

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arkansas

Year of Birth
1888

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Contact Info

Home Town Monticello	Last Address Reno, Nevada
Date of Passing Jul 02, 1966
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1966, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Served as Chief of Mission for the International Refugee Organization in Austria (1947 - 1952).

Chief of Mission for the United Nations Reconstruction Administration in Japan, Korea and Geneva (1952 - 1953).

Civil Defense Director for Reno, Nevada (1957 - 1958).

1939-1940, 3rd Army

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

3rd Army

Brees, Herbert, LTG, (1898-1941)			Lieutenant General
Hobbs, Leland Stanford, MG, (1915-1953)			Colonel
McBride, Allan, BG, (1908-1944)	FA		Colonel
Harris, Charles, BG, (1917-1953)			Lieutenant Colonel
Lutes, Leroy, LTG, (1917-1952)			Lieutenant Colonel
[Name Withheld], (1860-1918)	EN	00B10	Sergeant Major
Clay, William, M/SGT, (1936-1949)	OD	342	Master Sergeant
Dodd, Fred, SGT, (1940-1945)	IN	188	Sergeant

Embick, Stanley, LTG, (1899-1946)

Major General