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Army - Chief of Staff

General Robert Wood was born July 13, 1879 in Kansas City, Missouri.

As an officer in the United States Army, he was stationed in the Philippines participating in field service during the Philippine insurrection. In 1905 he became the Assistant Chief Quartermaster and later the Chief Quartermaster and Director of the Panama Railroad Company.

He served in the Panama Canal Zone for ten years, during the construction of the canal. Wood retired in July 1915 and worked as assistant to the vice president of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company and headed operations in the United States, Venezuela, and Trinidad for the General Asphalt Company. In 1917, on the eve of America's entry into the First World War Wood returned to the Army as an Infantry Lieutenant Colonel.

He served in Europe with the 42nd (Rainbow) Division and was promoted to Colonel. Toward the end of the war, he was promoted to brigadier general and made acting Quartermaster General of the Army.

His awards were Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Honour-Chevalier(France), Order of St Michael and St George(Great Britain).

He died November 6, 1969 in Lake Forest, Illinois.