Corporal Presswood was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on December 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His remains have been recovered and identified. CPL Presswood's name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.