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Personal info

Full name
HOOD, Robert Lincoln
Date of birth
21 March 1909
Age
36
Place of birth
Knowlesville, Orleans County, New York
Hometown
Batavia, Genesee County, New York

Military service

Service number
32255959
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 46

Immediate family

Members
Willis M. Hood (father)
Laura D. (Lincoln) Hood (mother)
Frances (Gierman) Hood (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Robert L. Hood graduated from Albion High School and and the Rochester Business Institute and was a bookkeeper and cashier at Snider Packing plant in Albion.

He enlisted in Fort Niagara Youngstown, New York on 28 March 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / James McAvoy Ancestors, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle - 7 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery