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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Charles Delbert
Date of birth
2 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Youngwood, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33850109
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Kerpen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 1 39

Immediate family

Members
James B. Wood (father)
Effie V. (Miller) Wood (mother)
Dorothy M. Wood (sister)
Clair C. Wood (brother)
Mary L. (Slickerman) Wood (wife)
Shirley A. Wood (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles D. Wood enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 30 March 1944.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a driver before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / Johnson Family Tree, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 121st Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet