John C. Woods

For other people named John Woods, see John Woods (disambiguation).
John Clarence Woods
Born(1911-06-05)June 5, 1911
Wichita, Kansas, United States
DiedJuly 21, 1950(1950-07-21) (aged 39)
Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
Buried
Toronto Township Cemetery, Toronto, Kansas, U.S.
Branch
RankMaster sergeant
Unit
Known forNuremberg executions
ConflictsWorld War II

John Clarence Woods (June 5, 1911 – July 21, 1950) was a United States Army master sergeant who, with Joseph Malta, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of Nazi Germany on October 16, 1946, after they were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Time magazine credited him with 347 executions to that date during a 15-year career.

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