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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Joseph C
Date of birth
3 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33177176
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 December 1944
Place of death
Ensdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 100

Immediate family

Members
William A. Wood (father)
Hannah M. (Costine) Wood (mother)

More information

Pfc Joseph C. Wood enlisted in Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 24 March 1942.

He attended high school for 1 year and worked in fabrication of textile products before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery 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 / Pennsylvania Birth Records, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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