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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Ralph Vernon
Date of birth
17 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34961643
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Michelshof, south of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 17

Immediate family

Members
J.C. Cooke (father)
Runette (Edwards) Wood (wife)
Nancy E. Wood (daughter)

More information

Pfc. Ralph V. Wood was a salesman before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 2 March 1944.

He was attached to one of the Heavy Weapons Companies in which he was a member of a 81 mm mortar platoon.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Atkinson Family Tree / WWII Young American Patriots, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Bevil Cohn / Robin Pellicci Moore