Purple Heart John P. Woodridge is an American Army officer who served in World War II in the Philippines.

He was assigned as senior instructor to 81st Field Artillery Regiment based in Bohol, attached to 81st Infantry Division.

After Japanese breached Mangima Canyon 81st Field Artillery and others units retreated to Somilao Sector and posted in Dalirig.

Last Japanese incursion in the line on the night on May 10, 1942, although Mindanao Force troops successfully repulsed it they took heavy casualties.

[citation needed] Woodridge was posthumously promoted to Colonel and was put in the Walls of Missing in Manila American Cemetery at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines.