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Personal info

Full name
WOODS, Chauncy Carl
Date of birth
29 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Pike County, Illinois
Hometown
Pike County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36478997
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Kerling-lés-Sierck, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 35

Immediate family

Members
Carl T. Woods (father)
Alma J. (Hunt) Woods (mother)
Beatrice Woods (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Chauncy C. Woods enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 27 March 1943.

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 / Vose Otto Family Tree

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