World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Theodore C. Caywood
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
STAGED WITH HIS REGIMENT AT CAMP PATRICK HENRY AT ORIANA, VIRGINIA ON MARCH 30, 1944 AWAITING OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. SAILED FROM THE HAMPTON ROADS PORT OF EMBARKATION ON APRIL 13, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN NORTH AFRICA ON APRIL 30, 1944. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (NATOUSA), IN ALGERIA AND ITALY WITH THE 363RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 91ST INFANTRY 'POWDER RIVER' DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE ROME-ARNO CAMPAIGN. THE REGIMENT LANDED IN ITALY ON JUNE 19, 1944 AND WAS COMMITTED TO COMBAT ON JULY 4, 1944 IN AN ATTACK ON HILL 675, AND OVERRAN MT. VASE, NORTHEAST OF CASTELLINI, ITALY ON JULY 6, 1944. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CAYWOOD WAS KILLED IN ACTION THE NEXT DAY, JULY 7, 1944, WHEN THE GERMANS COUNTERATTACKED AND PUSHED HIS REGIMENT FROM THE PEAK. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR (1 CAMPAIGN), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.