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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, William Elbert
Date of birth
5 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
McDowell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Warriormine, McDowell County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35076563
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Malmedy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 4 16

Immediate family

Members
Clinton E. Wood (father)
Alice Wood (mother)
Clinton E. Wood (brother)
Everett Wood (brother)
Randle J. Wood (brother)
Rosald Wood (sister)
Violet Wood (sister)
Edith (Hamilton) Wood (wife)
William Wood (son)

More information

Pfc William E. Woodgraduated from Big Creek High School.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 28 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.newspaperarchive.com - Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Bluefield Daily Telegraph