US PARAS 2 Wood, James Leonard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wood​

• FORENAME

James Leonard​

• UNIT

187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company C,3 Bn)​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class​

• NUMBER

347409305​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th June 1970​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois Section J Site 190​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Rock Island, Illinois​

born 1.6.1947 Davenport​

son of Charles F. & Joan Morrin Wood​

educated Denkmann School​

educated Washington Junior High​

1965 graduated Rock Island High School​

attended Black Hawk College, Moline​

attended Southern Illinois University​

single​

entered service 14.04.1969​

awards Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal​

promoted Sgt posthumously​

drowned (non hostile) Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 09W Line 55​

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