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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Walter L
Date of birth
4 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Oconee County, Georgia
Hometown
Oconee County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34830114
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
897th Field Artillery Battalion,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
24 June 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 44

Immediate family

Members
Leo Wood (father)
Nettie Wood (mother)
Lawrence Wood (brother)
Lefford Wood (brother)
Dayle C. Wood (brother)
Yunluns Wood (brother)
Hubert Wood (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter L. Wood enlisted in Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 22 October 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census,
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy