Agency
U.S. Customs Service (Prior to CBP)
End of Watch
On July 31, 1916, Mounted Customs Inspector Robert L. Wood, was with another Mounted Inspector and several U.S. Army soldiers, when they encountered a group of Mexican bandits. The bandits had crossed the Rio Grande River, to escape pursuing revolutionary Carrancistas, and were hiding in a house approximately 5 miles south of Fort Hancock, Texas. Inspector Wood and his companions had surrounded the house when the bandits opened fire, killing Inspector Wood and a U.S. Army Private.
Customs Inspector Wood was survived by his mother, father, and several siblings.