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Personal info

Full name
HOOD, William Roy
Date of birth
13 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Dickson County, Tennessee
Hometown
Dickson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34185756
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Brandscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 24

Immediate family

Members
William O. Hood (father)
Minnie L. (Tucker) Hood (mother)
George T. Hood (brother)
Emory G. Hood (brother)
Ella M. Hood (sister)
Marion T. Hood (sister)
Johnny D. Hood (brother)

More information

Sgt William R. Hood enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 15 January 1942.

He worked on a farm before his enlistment.

Sgt William R. Hood was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Hood-Brown Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet