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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Lewis A
Date of birth
10 September 1944
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Albemarle County, Virginia
Hometown
Rivanna, Albemarle County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33127291
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sainte Genevievè - Morville-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 2 7

Immediate family

Members
Ray O. Wood (father)
Mollie A. Wood (mother)
Andrew M. Wood (brother)
Dorothy A. Wood (sister)
Grace M. Wood (sister)
Gladys R. Wood (sister)
Frances E. Wood (sister)
Carrol O. Wood (sister)
Mary E. (Bruce) Wood (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Lewis A. Wood attended high school for four years and was a filling station attendant before he enlisted in Charlotsville, Virginia on 4 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Larry K