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Personal info

Full name
HOOD, Arthur Allyn
Date of birth
29 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O1032802
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Etteln-Brilon, south of Paderborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 16 22

Immediate family

Members
Chester A. Hood (father)
Florence M. (Dorman) Hood (mother)
Parker C. Hood (brother)
Natalie G. Hood (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Arthur A. Hood attended high school for four years and was an accountant.

He enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire on 6 May 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Douglas Allyn Hood