honoring our relatives that have served this country. This list is "in progress" and by no means comlete. If you feel we've overlooked someone please contact us using the "Suggest" tab on the top of their page.
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He achieved the rank of Commander with the U.S. Navy. Ed was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and served during WWI in the Asiatic Pacific; European, African and Middle East theaters. He received the Victory medal, the American Area medal, the American Defense medal with one star and the Philippines Liberation Medal. He was a member of the Orange County Pearl Harbor Survivors.
Medical doctor who began his career as a surgeon on the frontier. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Apache Wars. During the Spanish?American War, he commanded the Rough Riders, with Theodore Roosevelt as his second-in-command.
From 1899 to 1902 he served as the military governor of Cuba. He served as the Army Chief of Staff from 1910 to 1914.
After retiring from the Army he served as the Governor-General of the Philippines from October 14, 1921 to August 7, 1927.
On January 1941, the new Seventh Corps Area Training Center in Missouri was named Fort Leonard Wood.
In 1882 Richard Young graduated from West Point, 15th in his class. He went on to Columbia University Law School and graduated in 1884. He practiced as a military attorney until 1888, when he returned to Utah to open a private law practice.
He reentered the Army as a captain during the Spanish-American War, and led the Utah Light Artillery in the Philippines. When the war ended, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Territory of the Philippines Supreme Court. He later returned to private legal practice, acting as attorney for the Idaho Sugar Company.
During WWI, 1918 he was commissioned as a brigadier general. He led a U.S. infantry brigade in France. He died of appendicitis in 1919.
