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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Joseph Cecil
Date of birth
16 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Davies County, Kentucky
Hometown
Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35041354
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 14 28

Immediate family

Members
Louis E. Wood (father)
Josephine (Blair) Wood (mother)
Lillie M. Wood (sister)
Margaret Wood (sister)
Pauline W. Wood (sister)
Earl L. Wood (brother)
Emma J. Wood (sister)
Mary G. Wood (sister)
Mertie E. Wood (sister)
Emogene Wood (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph C. Wood was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 7 March 1942.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Joseph Henry Family / Carrico Tree / 1920/1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ralph Peeters, The Owensboro Messenger - 9 May 1945