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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, John Wesley Jr
Date of birth
7 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Hometown
Johnson City, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1314214
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 12 6

Immediate family

Members
John W. Wood Sr. (father)
Isa M. (Williams) Wood (mother)
Bessie A. Wood (sister)
Willis H. Wood (brother)
Evelyn E. (Runyon) Wood (wife)
William F. Wood (son)

More information

2nd Lt John W. Wood Jr. attended high school for four years and was a clerk before he joined the National Guard in Binghamton, New York on 15 October 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Wood Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Berta Pep / Coleman

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Elizabeth Wood