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  Tech5 Wyatt Clark Wood    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Medical Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, Tech5 Wyatt Clark Wood, who died in the service of his country on January 19th, 1943 in Guadalcanal. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Wyatt was 33 years of age. He was from Clay County, Iowa.

The decorations earned by Tech5 Wyatt Clark Wood include: the Combat Medical Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Serial # 37115206, Tec5 MD

Re-burial services for T-5 Wyatt C. Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood, of Gillett Grove, Iowa, were held Friday at Worthington and interment was made in a Worthington cemetery. Wyatt was killed in action on Guadalcanal January 19, 1943. (bio by: ShaneO)

Burial:
Worthington Cemetery
Worthington
Nobles County
Minnesota, USA
Plot: Sec C Row 9