Wood, Roy Wilbur

Title: Wood, Roy Wilbur
Gender: Male
Biography: Roy Wilbur Wood was born to John and Goldie Wood on June 25, 1930, in Walton. He graduated from Florence High School in 1948 and enlisted in July of that year. He served in the Third Marine Battalion, where he became a Sergeant. Wood was killed by an explosive device on September 23, 1950 in South Korea, near Seoul. He was twenty years old.; Wood received the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. He is buried in Richwood Presbyterian Cemetery. His headstone says, “Died in Korea serving his county.”
Member: Wood family
Birth date: 25 Jun 1930
Place of birth: Walton (Ky.)
Father: Wood, John Ashley
Mother: Black, Goldie C.
Death date: 23 Sep 1950
Place of death: South Korea
Death and burial information: Richwood Cemetery (Richwood, Ky.)
Military service: Third Marine Battalion
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Sergeant
Service began: Jul 1948
Service ended: 23 Sep 1950; Killed in action
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #131577312; U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
Source(s): Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; Find A Grave.com