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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Otis Arnold Jr
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31246926
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hersfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 1

Immediate family

Members
Otis A. Wood (father)
Hazel B. (Lort) Wood (mother)
Joann Wood (sister)
Daris L. (Moon) Wood (wife)

More information

Cpl Otis A. Wood was married to Daris Louis Moon on 29 January 1940.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 28 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records 1637-1947 / Massachusetts Birth Index 1860-1970

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