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Leonard Earl Wood


World War II · US Navy · Lieutenant

Rank: Lieutenant
United States of America
Birth- Oct 19, 1918
Coffeyville, Kansas

1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 26 years

Rank
Lieutenant
Branch
Navy
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United States of America
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger Pilot
Service Number
O-113019
Gold Star
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Casualty- Jul 20, 1944-Age: 26 years
Japanese AA guns (likely)
Guam
Death- Jul 20, 1944-Age: 26 years
Over The Pacific
Remains located and buried on Guam likely in the days/weeks following the invasion on July 21st 1944. Reinterment at Fairview Cemetery Section R4, Row 5, Plot 69 on October 22nd 1949.
Also known as
Woody Wood
Full Name
Leonard Earl Wood
Father
Frank Weeks Wood
Mother
Pauline Eva Merette Evans
Sibling
Helen, Hazel, Edith, Frank, Eldon, Ramona, Ray, Mary, Ruth

Marriage

Kathleen May Wood (Smith)

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