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WOOD, Lewis Emery Jr - Date of
birth
19 January 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York -
Hometown
Warrensburg, Warren County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32941210 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
19 November 1944 - Place of
death
Near Frémonville, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 14 | 60 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Lewis E. Wood Sr. (father)
Olga A. (Krueger) Wood (mother)
Doris M. Wood (sister)
Neil E. Wood (brother)
Shirley J. Wood (sister)
More information
Pfc Lewis E. Wood Jr. attended high school for two years and was a delivery boy at the Grand Union Warrensburg, New York before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 2 July 1943.He was reported seriously wounded in action in France on 15 November 1944, caused by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and buttock and hip. He died four days later.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Estabrooks Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.newspapers.com - The Post-Star New York 2 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Post-Star New York 2 December 1944