Rank/Rate	Electrician (Civilian, formerly U.S. Army)
Birth Date	July 17, 1901
From	Kittery, Maine
Decorations
Submarine	USS Squalus (SS-192)
Loss Date	May 23, 1939
Location	Off New England Coast, near Isle of Shoals
Circumstances	Accidentally sank when engine rooms flooded
Remarks	He went by his middle name, Myron.  His last name is spelled "Wood" in some sources. Myron was a highly decorated veteran of both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army, however, he was employed as a civilian electrician with the Portsmouth Navy Yard at the time he was lost aboard the USS Squalus, May 23, 1939, off the Isles of Shoals. In September 1939, he was buried at the Freewill Baptist Church cemetery, Kittery Point, Maine.

Information and remarks courtesy of Karolyn Byrne Kelly-O'Keefe, relative.  Additional information courtesy of Barbara Soderstrom and Paul W. Wittmer.

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