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Personal info

Full name
HOOD, Earnest Warren
Date of birth
15 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee
Hometown
Appleton, Lawrence County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34146881
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 77

Immediate family

Members
Thomas C. Hood (father)
Annie L. (Swanner) Hood (mother)
Jewell C. Hood (sister)
Ruth G. Hood (sister)
Bettie Hood (sister)
Christine Hood (wife)

More information

Pvt Earnest W. Hood worked on his own farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 4 October 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - Sue Mac
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