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WOOD, Gordon Urick - Date of
birth
9 May 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Murray County, Georgia -
Hometown
Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34085211 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 October 1944 - Place of
death
Northern outskirts of Aachen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 3 |
Immediate family
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Members
Drewery F. Wood (father)
Hazel W. (Urick) Wood (mother)
Sarah M. Wood (sister)
Burton Wood (brother)
Drew F. Wood (brother)
More information
Pvt Gordon U. Wood worked in a planning mil before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta on 13 July 1941.He participated in the Sicilian and African Campaigns before his unit was sent to Northern Europe.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, Danny van der Groen, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/ww2.html, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / AugHuberts2 Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/ww2.html, www.findagrave.com – Joy Riggers, Robert G. Green