Todd Wood turned 19 just two months before he was killed on a long range patrol
in central Vietnam. A 1967 graduate of Chico Senior High who worked for his
uncle at Park Sheet Metal Works, Wood had been in Vietnam since June 1968 with
the 4th Infantry. In December 1968 Wood earned a Bronze Star for heroism when
his reconnaissance team was ambushed while stalking a North Vietnamese patrol.
Wood killed one of the North Vietnamese, and his team subsequently found their
camp and recovered weapons and intelligence gear.
Less than a month later, his five-man patrol was helicoptered into a "hot" area,
where they set an ambush and killed five North Vietnamese. Later, according to a
man who was there, the patrol was sent "as bait" to attract enemy fire. As the
team rounded a tree, the North Vietnamese opened fire. Wood, severely wounded in
the chest, continued to man his radio. He died shortly after reaching a
hospital.
Only two of the five men on that patrol lived. One of them, a sergeant now
living in Florida, named two of his sons after Todd Wood and another man on the
patrol. The ex-G .I. said that after nearly 20 years, a day does not go by that
he does not think of his buddy and that final firefight in Vietnam. Todd Wood
received a posthumous Silver Star for his "heroism, devotion to duty and concern
for his fellow soldiers." Source: Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988.
in central Vietnam. A 1967 graduate of Chico Senior High who worked for his
uncle at Park Sheet Metal Works, Wood had been in Vietnam since June 1968 with
the 4th Infantry. In December 1968 Wood earned a Bronze Star for heroism when
his reconnaissance team was ambushed while stalking a North Vietnamese patrol.
Wood killed one of the North Vietnamese, and his team subsequently found their
camp and recovered weapons and intelligence gear.
Less than a month later, his five-man patrol was helicoptered into a "hot" area,
where they set an ambush and killed five North Vietnamese. Later, according to a
man who was there, the patrol was sent "as bait" to attract enemy fire. As the
team rounded a tree, the North Vietnamese opened fire. Wood, severely wounded in
the chest, continued to man his radio. He died shortly after reaching a
hospital.
Only two of the five men on that patrol lived. One of them, a sergeant now
living in Florida, named two of his sons after Todd Wood and another man on the
patrol. The ex-G .I. said that after nearly 20 years, a day does not go by that
he does not think of his buddy and that final firefight in Vietnam. Todd Wood
received a posthumous Silver Star for his "heroism, devotion to duty and concern
for his fellow soldiers." Source: Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988.
Todd Wood turned 19 just two months before he was killed on a long range patrol
in central Vietnam. A 1967 graduate of Chico Senior High who worked for his
uncle at Park Sheet Metal Works, Wood had been in Vietnam since June 1968 with
the 4th Infantry. In December 1968 Wood earned a Bronze Star for heroism when
his reconnaissance team was ambushed while stalking a North Vietnamese patrol.
Wood killed one of the North Vietnamese, and his team subsequently found their
camp and recovered weapons and intelligence gear.
Less than a month later, his five-man patrol was helicoptered into a "hot" area,
where they set an ambush and killed five North Vietnamese. Later, according to a
man who was there, the patrol was sent "as bait" to attract enemy fire. As the
team rounded a tree, the North Vietnamese opened fire. Wood, severely wounded in
the chest, continued to man his radio. He died shortly after reaching a
hospital.
Only two of the five men on that patrol lived. One of them, a sergeant now
living in Florida, named two of his sons after Todd Wood and another man on the
patrol. The ex-G .I. said that after nearly 20 years, a day does not go by that
he does not think of his buddy and that final firefight in Vietnam. Todd Wood
received a posthumous Silver Star for his "heroism, devotion to duty and concern
for his fellow soldiers." Source: Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988.
in central Vietnam. A 1967 graduate of Chico Senior High who worked for his
uncle at Park Sheet Metal Works, Wood had been in Vietnam since June 1968 with
the 4th Infantry. In December 1968 Wood earned a Bronze Star for heroism when
his reconnaissance team was ambushed while stalking a North Vietnamese patrol.
Wood killed one of the North Vietnamese, and his team subsequently found their
camp and recovered weapons and intelligence gear.
Less than a month later, his five-man patrol was helicoptered into a "hot" area,
where they set an ambush and killed five North Vietnamese. Later, according to a
man who was there, the patrol was sent "as bait" to attract enemy fire. As the
team rounded a tree, the North Vietnamese opened fire. Wood, severely wounded in
the chest, continued to man his radio. He died shortly after reaching a
hospital.
Only two of the five men on that patrol lived. One of them, a sergeant now
living in Florida, named two of his sons after Todd Wood and another man on the
patrol. The ex-G .I. said that after nearly 20 years, a day does not go by that
he does not think of his buddy and that final firefight in Vietnam. Todd Wood
received a posthumous Silver Star for his "heroism, devotion to duty and concern
for his fellow soldiers." Source: Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988.
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