- SURNAME
Wood
- FORENAME
Virgil Howard
- UNIT
1 Ranger Bn (Company D)
- RANK
Corporal
- NUMBER
20704921
- DATE OF DEATH
18th May 1945
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium Plot C Row 4 Grave 43
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Des Moines County, Iowa
born 17.01.1922 Cobden, Minnesota, USA
father Joseph Jennings Wood (1901-1966)
mother Bessie Mathilda (nee Salisbury) Wood (1903-1981)
4 years high school
1939 graduated Urbandale High School
civil occupation semiskilled driver
single without dependents upon enlistment
Iowa National Guard
10.02.1941 entered service Des Moines, Iowa
Next of kin - Father. Mr. Joe J. Wood, 4100-68th Street, Des Moines, Iowa
POW
died Germany (non battle) (due plane crash whilst being evacuated from German POW Camp)
DATE OF DEATH:
18-May-1945FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361712/virgil-howard-wood
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