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Personal info

Full name
ROOD, John William
Date of birth
16 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
China, St. Clair County, Michigan
Hometown
St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36576298
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 41

Immediate family

Members
Albert E. Rood (father)
Dorothy M. (Gapper) Rood (mother)
Doris M. Rood (sister)
Alberta C. Rood (sister)
Virginia C. Rood (sister)
Elizabeth A. Rood (sister)
Harriet M. Rood (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John W. Rood graduated from St. Clair High School in 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Freeland Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - The Times Herald - 22 May 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jim Freeland, www.ancestry.com - Jim Freeland