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Personal info

Full name
HOOD, William Fyfe Jr
Date of birth
21 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35535069
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Halsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 9 31

Immediate family

Members
William F. Hood Sr. (father)
Georgia (Miller) Hood (mother)
Betty M. Hood (sister)
Colleen Hood (sister)
Eileen Hood (sister)
Jean Hood (sister)

More information

Pfc William F. Hood Jr. attended Collinwood High School for four years and worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 10 February 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Covell Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Patti Johnson