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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, John Richardson
Date of birth
23 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-1032320
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
C Troop
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bebenhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 45 33

Immediate family

Members
John R. Wood (father)
Caryl L. (Hart) Wood (mother)

More information

1st Lt John R. Wood enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 9 June 1942.

Lt Wood's armored car was on the point, when just outside the town of Bebenhausen, a small town enemy patrol sighted the convoy and fired upon it. Lt. John R. Wood, a very popular officer, was killed in action together with his driver and radio operator, T/5 Edwards and T/4 Maryanov.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Robert M. Wood, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Beaumont Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - The Chronicle Telegram, 16 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Huub Janssen