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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, David Thomas
Date of birth
28 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34979446
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 February 1945
Place of death
Sellerich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 17

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Wood (father)
Willie B. M. (Boatfield) Wood (mother)
Nettie L. Wood (sister)
Ethel M. Wood (sister)
Harmon E. Wood (brother)
Vir E. Wood (wife)

More information

Pfc David T. Wood was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia, on 15 April 1944. He was overseas for only two months when he was killed.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Wood Martin Family Tree / U.S., Social Security Death Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, The Birmingham News 25 March 1945