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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Arvid L
Date of birth
11 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Warren County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42091697
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 13 17

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Wood (father)
Hazel (Chris) Wood (mother)
Alvin J. Wood (brother)
Alice J. Wood (sister)
Margaret M. Wood (sister)
Clair O. Wood (brother)

More information

Pvt Arvid L. Wood enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 29 December 1943.

He is remembered at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - belvinkathy12, www.findagrave.com