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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Erwin
Date of birth
27 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
20210893
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Prüm, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 28

Immediate family

Members
John Wood (father)
George Wood (brother)
Albert Wood (brother)
Mary Wood (sister)
Margaret E. Wood (wife)
Dolores Wetzel (stepdaughter)
Jack Wetzel (stepson)

More information

Pfc Erwin Wood graduated from North High School and had been employed by the Crouse-Hinds Company

He joined the National Guard in Syracuse, New York on 15 October 1940.

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

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York, WWII Enlisted Men Cards, www.myheritage.nl - Syracuse Herald Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.myheritage.nl - Syracuse Herald Journal