Brent Woods (Medal of Honor recipient)
- Brent Woods (Medal of Honor recipient)
Infobox Military Person
name=Brent Woods
born= 1855
died= March 31, death year and age|1906|1885
placeofbirth=Pulaski County, Kentucky
placeofdeath=
placeofburial=
caption=Sergeant Brent Woods
nickname=
allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=
rank=Sergeant
commands=
unit=9th Cavalry Regiment
battles=Indian Wars
awards=Medal of Honor
laterwork=
Brent Woods (1855 – March 31, 1906) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
Biography
Woods was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky 1855 and joined the Army from Louisville, Kentucky. By August 19, 1881 he was serving as a Sergeant in Company B of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, he participated in an engagement in New Mexico where he " [s] aved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment." Thirteen years later, on July 12, 1894, Sergeant Woods was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement.
Woods died at age 50 or 51 and was buried in Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Kentucky. His grave can be found in section A, grave 930.[findagrave|7743466 Retrieved on 2007-11-23] ]Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: New Mexico, August 19, 1881. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: July 12, 1894.
Citation:
:Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.[cite web]
publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History
title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor Recipients
work = Medal of Honor Citations
date = 2005-04-19
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/indianwars.html
accessdate = 2007-01-15] ee also
*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
*List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
Notes
References
*findagrave|7743466 Retrieved on 2007-11-23
*cite web
publisher = U.S. Army Center of Military History
title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor Recipients
work = Medal of Honor Citations
date = 2005-04-19
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/indianwars.html
accessdate = 2007-01-15
Persondata
NAME= Woods, Brent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH= Pulaski County, Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH= March 31, 1906
PLACE OF DEATH=
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