Corporal Wood was a member of Company C, 8th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while defending his position along the Yalu River near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains were recovered on July 24, 2000 and was identified on September 7, 2006. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.