Vaughn Veazey WOODWARD^[1]

1885 - 1951  (66 years)

• Name	Vaughn Veazey WOODWARD
  Birth	16 Feb 1885	Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1907	Annapolis, MD   [2]
  	Vaughn graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in the class of 1907.
  WWI	Commendation  [2]
  	Vaughn was awarded the Navy Cross "for distinguished service the the line of his profession as Engineer Officer of the U.S.S. Leviathan" during World War I. He later retired from his Navy career as a Navy Commander.
  Death	18 Jun 1951  [3]
  	Vaughn died on 18 June 1951. He was 66 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	22 Jun 1951	Arlington City, VA   [3]
  	His body was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 22 June 1951.
  Person ID	I62626	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Daniel A. WOODWARD
  Mother	(unknown)
  Family ID	F7095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lelia Baker HOBSON,   b. 16 Jun 1885, Norfolk City, VA d. 1951 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1908  [4]
  	The couple was married during November 1908.
  Children	1. Vaughn Hobson WOODWARD,   b. 8 Aug 1909, Virginia d. Dec 1984 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F7065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S2433] Vaughn Veazey Woodward US passport application no. special 149 (1920). . [S2434] Vaughn Woodward, Navy Cross recipient, online (hppt://militarytimes.com/cistations-medals-awards/). [S3037] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006. Arlington National Cemetery, Vaughn Veszey Woodward burial; Section 8, site 6410. [S53] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume V, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1915)), pp. 916 - 917., ISBN 0-8063-1551-2.