Staff Sergeant Howard E. Woodford
June 21 1921 - June 7, 1945
Third Battalion, 130th Infantry
33rd Division, Army of the United States
Posthumously Awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor
By his daring, skillful, and inspiring leadership, as well as by his gallant determination to search out and kill the enemy, S/SGT Woodford led an inexperienced Filipino guerrilla unit in capturing and securing a vital objective, and was responsible for the successful continuance of a vitally important general advance.
Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
