Woods, Don Edwin

1914 - 1944  (29 years)

• Name	Woods, Don Edwin
  Birth	15 Sep 1914  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WOOD.D004
  _FGRAVE	3796838
  Military Service	World War II, Seaman First Class, United States Navy Reserves  [1, 2, 3]
  	Seaman 1st Class. Killed in action on June 17, 1944 in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. Posthumously entitled to The Purple Heart Medal, The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and The WWII Victory Medal. Buried with honors at the Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu Hawaii. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900555
  		World War II Honoree, Woods, Don Edwin (1914-1944)
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Don Edwin Woods (1914-1944)
  		United States Navy Reserve
  		United States Navy Reserve
  		Seaman 1st Class (S1c), United States Navy, World War II Seaman Branch rating badges were the only ones worn on the right sleeve, all other branches were worn on the left.
  		Seaman 1st Class (S1c), United States Navy, World War II, Shoulder Piping Seaman Branch rating badges were the only ones worn on the right sleeve; all other branches were worn on the left.
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  Death	17 Jun 1944  [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii   [1]
  	Plot: C Row: Grave: 96
  		Burial Flag, United States Military Veterans
  		National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
  		Headstone, Woods, Don Edwin
  		Headstone, Woods, Don Edwin
  Person ID	I43074	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	15 May 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S13453] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Woods, Don Edwin, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3796838/don-edwin-woods), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S13431] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Don Edwin Woods, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900555) (Reliability: 2).