RAIDERS Wood, George Robert

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wood​

• FORENAME

George Robert​

• UNIT

1st Raider Battalion (Company D)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

467696​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th July 1943​

• AGE

19​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 54, Site 4934​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 23.11.1923, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA​

father Chester Royal Wood​

mother Mary Esmerelda (nee McKeever)​

employed by N Eng Metallurgical Corp, 9 Alger Street, South Boston​

30.06.1942 draft card Boston, Massachusetts​

05.10.1942 entered service USMC​

04.1943 1st Raider Bn.​

Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Mary E. Wood, 12 Lambert Street, Boston, Massachusetts​

KIA Bairoko, New Georgia, Solomon Islands​

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